BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE: EARLY YEARS OF SPACE SCIENCE
From the rocket measurements of the upper atmosphere and sun that began in 1946, space science gradually emerged as a new field of scientific activity. During the period between the orbiting of Sputnik I and the creation of NASA, these activities - scientific research in the high atmosphere and outer space -began to be thought of as space science. For those able to penetrate beneath the impersonal exterior that science so often seems to present to the outsider, the whole gamut of human emotions is to be found. The pursuit of scientific truth gets caught up in a struggle not only with nature [xiv] but also with oneself and one's fellow beings. Ambition, cooperation, strife, humility, arrogance, envy, admiration, frustration, and courage undergird and overlie the scientific process, making it more important as a story of human endeavor and achievement than as a mere accumulation of human knowledge. So it was with space science; there appeared to be a continual clash of opinions over what to do first, or next, or instead of what was being done.
In telling some of the space science story-particularly the early years when it was emerging as a vigorous new field of activity- this book relates this new activity to the rest of the space program on the one hand and to science in general on the other. It is a multifaceted tale, ranging from the very technical to the highly political, from the intensely personal to the institutional, from the national to the international. Ranging from the laboratory to launching pad and from international conference halls to lunar wastelands, Newel, a top NASA administrator, chronicles technological advances, explores the relationship of space science to general science, and places the space program in social, political, and economic contexts.
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In telling some of the space science story-particularly the early years when it was emerging as a vigorous new field of activity- this book relates this new activity to the rest of the space program on the one hand and to science in general on the other. It is a multifaceted tale, ranging from the very technical to the highly political, from the intensely personal to the institutional, from the national to the international. Ranging from the laboratory to launching pad and from international conference halls to lunar wastelands, Newel, a top NASA administrator, chronicles technological advances, explores the relationship of space science to general science, and places the space program in social, political, and economic contexts.
BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE: EARLY YEARS OF SPACE SCIENCE
From the rocket measurements of the upper atmosphere and sun that began in 1946, space science gradually emerged as a new field of scientific activity. During the period between the orbiting of Sputnik I and the creation of NASA, these activities - scientific research in the high atmosphere and outer space -began to be thought of as space science. For those able to penetrate beneath the impersonal exterior that science so often seems to present to the outsider, the whole gamut of human emotions is to be found. The pursuit of scientific truth gets caught up in a struggle not only with nature [xiv] but also with oneself and one's fellow beings. Ambition, cooperation, strife, humility, arrogance, envy, admiration, frustration, and courage undergird and overlie the scientific process, making it more important as a story of human endeavor and achievement than as a mere accumulation of human knowledge. So it was with space science; there appeared to be a continual clash of opinions over what to do first, or next, or instead of what was being done.
In telling some of the space science story-particularly the early years when it was emerging as a vigorous new field of activity- this book relates this new activity to the rest of the space program on the one hand and to science in general on the other. It is a multifaceted tale, ranging from the very technical to the highly political, from the intensely personal to the institutional, from the national to the international. Ranging from the laboratory to launching pad and from international conference halls to lunar wastelands, Newel, a top NASA administrator, chronicles technological advances, explores the relationship of space science to general science, and places the space program in social, political, and economic contexts.
In telling some of the space science story-particularly the early years when it was emerging as a vigorous new field of activity- this book relates this new activity to the rest of the space program on the one hand and to science in general on the other. It is a multifaceted tale, ranging from the very technical to the highly political, from the intensely personal to the institutional, from the national to the international. Ranging from the laboratory to launching pad and from international conference halls to lunar wastelands, Newel, a top NASA administrator, chronicles technological advances, explores the relationship of space science to general science, and places the space program in social, political, and economic contexts.
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| BN ID: | 2940013817951 |
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| Publisher: | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Publication date: | 12/26/1980 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 2 MB |
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