Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential LeadershipRoger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy University of Illinois Press, 1997 - 262 pages Setting the tone for the collection, NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by the mid-1970s and that supporters of the space program had grown to find relief in such a presidency, which they believed could help them obtain greater political support and funding. Subsequent chapters explore the roles and political leadership, vis-à-vis government policy, of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan. |
Contents
The Reluctant Racer Eisenhower and US Space Policy | 7 |
Kennedy and the Decision to Go to the Moon | 43 |
Johnson Project Apollo and the Politics of Space Program Planning | 60 |
The Presidency Congress and the Deceleration of the US Space Program in the 1970s | 84 |
Politics Not Science The US Space Program in the Reagan and Bush Years | 125 |
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References to this book
Reinventing NASA: Human Spaceflight, Bureaucracy, and Politics Roger Handberg No preview available - 2003 |
Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest Gerard Degroot Limited preview - 2006 |