U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities : Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik.
Summarizes space race in context of the Cold War, and explains significance of Soviet Sputnik satellite to U.S. space program development and priorities. Discusses recent, current, and future issues in and challenges to U.S. space programs. Considers prospects for space exploration in the 21st Centu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Summarizes space race in context of the Cold War, and explains significance of Soviet Sputnik satellite to U.S. space program development and priorities. Discusses recent, current, and future issues in and challenges to U.S. space programs. Considers prospects for space exploration in the 21st Century, including activities of other nations and commercial sector, civilian space policy, rationale for continuing to invest in space exploration, public attitude, priorities for civilian space exploration, implications for future space policy, and related activities in the 110th Congress. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |