On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President John F. Kennedy just over eight years earlier. It also raised the question 'What do you do next, after landing on the Moon?' It fell to President Richard M. Nixon to answer this question. After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program traces in detail how Nixon and his associates went about developing their response.
Author(s): John M. Logsdon
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: xii+356
Tags: Транспорт;История авиации и космонавтики;
Introduction
Overture
Act I
1. Richard Nixon and Apollo 11
2. Setting the Post-Apollo Stage
3. After the Moon, Mars?
4. Space and National Priorities
5. The Nixon Space Doctrine
6. The End of the Apollo Era
Intermission
Act II
7. A New Cast of Characters
8. The Space Shuttle Takes Center Stage
9. National Security Requirements Drive Shuttle Design
10. A Time of Transitions
11. A Confused Path Forward
12. Debating a Shuttle Decision
13. Which Shuttle to Approve?
14. A 'Space Clipper'
Finale
15. Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
