Tag Archives: Space Task Group

What Do You Do for an Encore after You’ve Been to the Moon?

Posted on November 20, 2015 by launiusr

As early as January 1964 NASA administrator, James E. Webb, had been asked by President Lyndon B. Johnson for a well-developed proposal of future space objectives after the Apollo Moon landings. Webb did not want to respond; instead he tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Politics, Space | Tagged 1960s, Apollo, cold war, History, James C. Fletcher, James E. Webb, Lyndon B. Johnson, Moon, Moon race, NASA, politics, President’s Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, Richard Nixon, Soviet Union, space shuttle, Space Task Group, Spiro T. Agnew, The Space Program in the Post-Apollo Period, U.S. Civil Space, Vietnam War | 1 Comment

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done…Really?

Posted on January 23, 2015 by launiusr

In 1835 Thomas Tredgold, a British railroad designer, said: “that any general system of conveying passengers would…go at a velocity exceeding ten miles an hour, or thereabouts, is extremely improbable.” In 1868 Representative Cadwallader C. Washburn of Wisconsin told the United … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Space | Tagged Astronomer Royal, British Royal Society, Cadwallader C. Washburn, Federal Communications Commissioner, George Armstrong Custer, Harry S. Truman, IBM, johnson space center, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Little Bighorn River, Lord Kelvin, Project Mercury, railroads, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Sioux, Space Task Group, Sputnik 1, T.A.M. Craven, Thomas J. Watson, Thomas Tredgold, William Leahy | 8 Comments

A Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by launiusr

There are many anniversaries every year, some truly significant and others of a more mundane nature. What follows is a short chronology of anniversaries taking place in 2014 relating to the spaceflight community. It is not an exhaustive list, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, Cold War Competition, Lunar Exploration, Space, Space Shuttle | Tagged Able, Apollo 11, Baker, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Eileen Collins, Galileo, Gemini, hubble space telescope, IGY, International Space Station, Jupiter, Luna 1, Luna 2, Luna 3, Magellan, Mars Climate Orbiter, Mars Polar Lander, Michael D. Griffin, Opportunity, Pioneer 4, Ronald Reagan, Saturn I, Skylab, space shuttle, Space Task Group, SpaceShipOne, Spirit, V-2, Voyager 2, White Sands | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Space Task Group

What Do You Do for an Encore after You’ve Been to the Moon?

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done…Really?

A Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2014

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