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Why Mars : NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Series in NASA History SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (334 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421412801
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why MarsDDC classification:
  • 629.43/543
LOC classification:
  • TL799.M3 .L363 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Call of Mars -- 2 Beginning the Quest -- 3 Leaping Forward -- 4 Searching for Life -- 5 Struggling to Restart -- 6 Moving Up the Agenda -- 7 Prioritizing Mars -- 8 Accelerating Mars Sample Return -- 9 Overreaching, Rethinking -- 10 Adopting "Follow the Water" -- 11 Implementing amidst Conflict -- 12 Attempting Alliance -- 13 Landing on Mars and Looking Ahead -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: What does it take to mount and give coherence to a multi-mission, big science program? How do advocates and decision makers maintain goals and adapt their programs in the face of opposition and budgetary stringency? Where do they succeed in their strategies? Where do they fall short? Lambright's insightful book suggests that from Mars exploration we can learn lessons that apply to other large-scale national endeavors in science and technology.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Call of Mars -- 2 Beginning the Quest -- 3 Leaping Forward -- 4 Searching for Life -- 5 Struggling to Restart -- 6 Moving Up the Agenda -- 7 Prioritizing Mars -- 8 Accelerating Mars Sample Return -- 9 Overreaching, Rethinking -- 10 Adopting "Follow the Water" -- 11 Implementing amidst Conflict -- 12 Attempting Alliance -- 13 Landing on Mars and Looking Ahead -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

What does it take to mount and give coherence to a multi-mission, big science program? How do advocates and decision makers maintain goals and adapt their programs in the face of opposition and budgetary stringency? Where do they succeed in their strategies? Where do they fall short? Lambright's insightful book suggests that from Mars exploration we can learn lessons that apply to other large-scale national endeavors in science and technology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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