Title Defining NASA : the historical debate over the agency's mission / W.D. Kay.

Publication Info.	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-241) and index.
Contents	Pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. What is NASA's purpose? -- 2. Analytical framework -- pt. 2. First mission -- 3. Prehistory : space policy before Sputnik -- 4. NASA : born out of fright (1957-1961) -- 5. Mission advanced -- pt. 3. Second mission -- 6. Mission accomplished -- now what? -- 7. Space policy redefined (again) -- 8. Dollars, not dreams ; business, not government -- 9. Concluding thoughts.
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Subject	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
	Space sciences -- United States -- History.
	Space sciences.
	United States.
	History.
	Astronautics -- United States -- History.
	Astronautics.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Kay, W.D. Defining NASA. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005 0791463818 0791463826 (DLC) 2004009798 (OCoLC)55124394
ISBN	1423743903 (electronic book)
	9781423743903 (electronic book)
	0791463818 (alkaline paper)
	9780791463819 (alkaline paper)
	0791463826 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780791463826 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780791483633
	0791483630