LEADER 00000cam a2200433Ia 4500 001 ocm57569811 005 20060111154650.0 008 050204t20052005nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 0375727736|qpaperback|c$15.00 035 (OCoLC)ocm57569811 035 402167 040 JRS|beng|cJRS|dNTE 043 n-us--- 049 RIDM 090 TL789.8.U5 K54 2005 100 1 Klerkx, Greg.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2003011077 245 10 Lost in space :|bthe fall of NASA and the dream of a new space age /|cGreg Klerkx. 250 1st Vintage Books ed. 264 1 New York :|bVintage Books,|c[2005] 264 4 |c©2005 300 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-383) and index. 505 0 Lost in space -- The price of "peace" -- One giant leap -- Escape velocity -- Back to the future -- The belly of the beast -- Advance reservations required -- Business in a vacuum -- Welcome to the revolution -- The emperor of Mars -- Mars on Earth -- Lighting out for the territory. 520 Greg Klerlx argues that ever since the last human left the moon in 1972, the Space Age has been stuck in the wrong orbit, and NASA, the organization that once fueled the world's space-faring hopes, has been largely responsible for keeping it there. With the loss of the space shuttle Columbia, there has never been a more critical time for anyone interested in the future of space exploration to ask two questions: whatever happened to the Space Age? And how do we get it back? 610 10 United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n78087581 610 17 United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/528469 650 0 Astronautics and state|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh2007100595 650 7 Astronautics and state.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/819576 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 901 MARCIVE 20231220 935 402167 994 C0|bRID
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