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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
Posted in Apollo, History, Politics, Science, Space
Tagged analogues, analogy, Antarctica, astrobiology, astronaut training, Astropolitics: The International Journal of Space Politics & Policy, Catherine L. Newell, commercial space activities, frontier, geology, historical analogies, History of Science Society, Howard E. McCurdy, James Spiller, Lisa Messeri, Moon, mountaineering, railroads, Steven J. Dick
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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
Posted in History, Space
Tagged Alexander C.T. Geppert, Arthur C Clark, Asif A Siddiqi, astroculture, Debbora Battalia, Guillaume de Syon, Howard E. McCurdy, Imagining Outer Space, Michael J. Neufeld, Palgrave Macmillan, space and the american imagination, Thøre Bjornvig, The Red Rockets' Glare, UFOs, Wernher von Braun, William R. Macauley
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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
Posted in History, Politics, Space
Tagged Howard E. McCurdy, low-cost innovation, space technologu, spaceflight
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