Tag Archives: Howard E. McCurdy

Announcing a Special Issue of “Astropolitics” on the Power of Analogies for Advancing Space Scientific Knowledge


I have just edited a special issue of Astropolitics: The International Journal of Space Politics & Policy 12:2-3 (2014) has just appeared. It is available on-line here. I must mention that a subscription to the journal is required, or access through a subscribing institution, to … Continue reading

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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Imagining Outer Space: European Astroculture in the Twentieth Century”


Imagining Outer Space: European Astroculture in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Alexander C.T. Geppert. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Hardcover. 393 pp. Color plates, notes, index. ISBN 978-0-230-23172-6. US $105.00. In 1997 Howard E. McCurdy published the path-breaking Space and … Continue reading

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7th Space Policy and History Forum: “Low-Cost Innovation in Spacecraft Projects: Boon or Bust?”


I would like to invite anyone in the Washington, D.C., area on March 25, 2013, to join us for the upcoming 7th Space Policy and History Forum on “Low-Cost Innovation in Spacecraft Projects: Boon or Bust?” As noted below, please … Continue reading

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