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Mission to the moon; a critical examination of NASA and the space program

Title
Mission to the moon; a critical examination of NASA and the space program, by Erlend A. Kennan and Edmund H. Harvey, Jr.
Author
Kennan, Erlend A.
Publication
New York, Morrow, 1969.

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Additional Authors
Harvey, Edmund H.
Description
xviii, 396 pages illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Project Apollo (U.S.)
  • Astronautics and state > United States
  • Astronautics and state
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 353-388.
Contents
Introduction / Ralph E. Lapp -- Authors to reader -- One sharp cry of pain -- Premonitions of disaster -- The failure of the press and TV -- Sputnik and the stigma of second place -- Safety vs. the race against the Russians -- NASA investigates itself -- Oxygen : the most dangerous gas -- Fire prevention : a bucket of sand, a bucket of water -- The Apollo tragedy : who is at fault -- NASA and the military : an umbrella of death -- To Mars and beyond : selling the spirit of '76 -- Congress : NASA's reluctant watchdog -- The future in space.
ISBN
  • 0688020984
  • 9780688020989
LCCN
69014627
OCLC
  • ocm00012215
  • 12215
  • SCSB-161698
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library