Into the Black

JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004

Peter J. Westwick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2011
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-18419-8 (ISBN)

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In the decades since the mid-1970s, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has led the quest to explore the farthest reaches of the solar system. JPL spacecraft—Voyager, Magellan, Galileo, the Mars rovers, and others—have brought the planets into close view. JPL satellites and instruments also shed new light on the structure and dynamics of earth itself, while their orbiting observatories opened new vistas on the cosmos. This comprehensive book recounts the extraordinary story of the lab's accomplishments, failures, and evolution from 1976 to the present day.
This history of JPL encompasses far more than the story of the events and individuals that have shaped the institution. It also engages wider questions about relations between civilian and military space programs, the place of science and technology in American politics, and the impact of the work at JPL on the way we imagine the place of humankind in the universe.

Peter J. Westwick is Olin Fellow, International Security Studies, Yale University. His first book, The National Labs: Science in an American System, 1947-1974, was awarded the Book Prize of the Forum for History of Science in America in 2004.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2011
Zusatzinfo	24 b-w illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-300-18419-0 / 0300184190
ISBN-13	978-0-300-18419-8 / 9780300184198
Zustand	Neuware