Issues and opportunities regarding the U.S. space program : a summary report of a workshop on national space policy / [edited by] Radford Byerly, Jr., Richard B. Leshner and Pamela L. Whitney ; Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

"Ever since the completion of the Apollo program, there has been a lack of consensus about the future of human spaceflight. The Columbia tragedy in February 2003 rekindled public debate about this question. In November 2003, the Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Boar...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board
Other Authors:	Byerly, Radford, Leshner, Richard B., Whitney, Pamela L.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Astronautics and state > United States. Space sciences > United States. Outer space > Exploration > Government policy > United States. Astronautics and state Space sciences Outer space United States

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""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""1 SUMMARY""; ""2 INTRODUCTION""; ""3 ORIGINS OF U.S. SPACE POLICY""; ""4 RATIONALES FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND EXPLORATION""; ""5 RATIONALES FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM: NATIONAL SECURITY, COMMERCE, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION""; ""6 GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF A 21ST-CENTURY SPACE POLICY""; ""7 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR FORGING A 21ST-CENTURY SPACE POLICY""; ""8 COMING TO CLOSURE""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A Agenda""; ""B Attendance List""; ""C Statement of Task""; ""D Biographies of Speakers""; ""E Contributed Abstracts""

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