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Reflections on the Loss of STS-107: Ten Years Ago (Redirect)
I posted on the National Air and Space Museum website this morning a reflection of the tenth anniversary of Columbia, STS-107, on February 1, 2003. For those who would like to read this blog post, it is available here.
Posted in History, Politics, Space, Space Shuttle
Tagged columbia, History, NASA, politics, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, space shuttle, STS-107, U.S. Civil Space
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NASA’s Space Shuttle and the Department of Defense
During the 1970s, the Space Shuttle became the “sine qua non” of NASA, intended as it was to make spaceflight routine, safe, and relatively inexpensive. Although NASA wanted the shuttle for its purposes, the Department of Defense (DOD) agreed to … Continue reading
Posted in aeronautics, aviation, History, Politics, Science, Space, Space Shuttle
Tagged cold war, columbia, Department of Defense, George W. Bush, History, international relations, NASA, NASP, politics, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, Soviet Union, space shuttle, transportation, U.S. Civil Space
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A Shelf of Indispensable Books on the Space Shuttle
When NASA began work on what became the Space Shuttle at the end of the Apollo program, few recognized how important a part of American life it would become over the next thirty-plus years. While not vast, the literature on … Continue reading
Posted in History, Personal, Politics, Space
Tagged Ares I, cahellenger, challenger accident, columbia, columbia accident, International Space Station, NASA, Orion, space shuttle, U.S. Civil Space
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