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Defence and Discovery : Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Canadian Military History SeriesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774819619
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Defence and DiscoveryDDC classification:
  • 623/.690971
LOC classification:
  • UG1525.C3 -- G63 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Canada's Rocketry and Space Program -- Introduction -- 1: Cold War Security and Aerospace Defence Research Prior to Sputnik -- 2: Missiles, Rocketry, and the Development of the Black Brant Launcher -- 3: Defence and Discovery: Canada's Early Space Policies -- 4: Forging a Spacefaring Nation: The Alouette-ISIS Program -- 5: Canada's Militarization and Weaponization of Space -- 6: The Demise of Canada's Cold War Space Programs -- 7: National Interests and a New Agenda for Outer Space -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A revealing investigation into the origins, development, and impact of Canada's space program from 1945 to 1974.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Canada's Rocketry and Space Program -- Introduction -- 1: Cold War Security and Aerospace Defence Research Prior to Sputnik -- 2: Missiles, Rocketry, and the Development of the Black Brant Launcher -- 3: Defence and Discovery: Canada's Early Space Policies -- 4: Forging a Spacefaring Nation: The Alouette-ISIS Program -- 5: Canada's Militarization and Weaponization of Space -- 6: The Demise of Canada's Cold War Space Programs -- 7: National Interests and a New Agenda for Outer Space -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A revealing investigation into the origins, development, and impact of Canada's space program from 1945 to 1974.

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