Space and the American Imagination - 9780801898686
Un libro in lingua di McCurdy Howard E. edito da Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2011
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People dreamed of cosmic exploration—winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts—long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on national space programs.
Space exploration dramatically illustrates the power of imagination. Howard E. McCurdy shows how that power inspired people to attempt what they once deemed impossible. In a mere half-century since the launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite in 1957, humans achieved much of what they had once only read about in the fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and the nonfiction of Willy Ley.
Reaching these goals, however, required broad-based support, and McCurdy examines how advocates employed familiar metaphors to excite interest (promising, for example, that space exploration would recreate the American frontier experience) and prepare the public for daring missions into space. When unexpected realities and harsh obstacles threatened their progress, the space community intensified efforts to make their wildest dreams come true.
This lively and important work remains relevant given contemporary questions about future plans at NASA. Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Space and the American Imagination
- Lingua: English
- Autore: McCurdy Howard E.
- Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Collana: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 24 Gennaio '11
- Genere: TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING
- Argomenti : Astronautics United States Public opinion Mass media United States Influence Astronautics and state United States
- Pagine: 395
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0801898684
- EAN-13: 9780801898686