The Space Station Decision: Incremental Politics and Technological Choice

by Howard E. McCurdy

Book Overview

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

Outstanding Academic Title, 1991, Choice Magazine

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 long-term funding for the project was an enormous task for bureaucrats. The Space Station Decision examines the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887496
• ISBN13: 9780801887499
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher