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9780801887499 Academic Inspection Copy

The Space Station Decision

Incremental Politics and Technological Choice
  • ISBN-13: 9780801887499
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Howard E. McCurdy
  • Price: AUD $69.99
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  • Local release date: 15/03/2008
  • Format: Paperback 290 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Technology: general issues [TB]
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Although building a space station has been an extraordinary challenge for America's scientists and engineers, the securing and sustaining of presidential approval, congressional support, and longterm funding for the project was an enormous task for bureaucrats. The Space Station Decision examines the history of this controversial initiative and illustrates how bureaucracy shapes public policy. Using primary documents and interviews, Howard E. McCurdy describes the events that led up to the 1984 decision to build a permanently occupied, international space station in low Earth orbit.

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The VisionPart I1. The Race (Spring 1961)2. One New Initiative (January 5, 1972)3. Beggs (June 17, 1981)4. The Team (May 20, 1982)5. Independence Day (July 4, 1982)Part II6. Budget Strategy7. Wheels, Cans, and Modules8. Configurations9. The First Move10. How to Organize a Task Force11. International Participation12. Technology13. Budget WarsPart III14. Positions15. The White House16. The Rabbit in the Hat17. SIG (Space)18. The Number19. ReaganPart IV20. Congress21. Momentum22. Management23. Congress IIAfterword: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Public PolicyNotesPhoto CreditsIndex

""A prodigious research job... The result is an intimate history of everyone associated with the Space Station and with President Reagan's 1984 decision to fund its development... Highly recommended for space buffs and students of government.""

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