Reviews
A timely look at the now-controversial go-ahead to build Space Station Freedom... A must-read.
A prodigious research job... The result is an intimate history of everyone associated with the Space Station and with President Reagan's 1984 decision to fund its development... Highly recommended for space buffs and students of government.
Book Details
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Vision
Part I
1. The Race (Spring 1961)
2. One New Initiative (January 5, 1972)
3. Beggs (June 17, 1981)
4. The Team (May 20, 1982)
5. Independence Day (July 4, 1982)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Vision
Part I
1. The Race (Spring 1961)
2. One New Initiative (January 5, 1972)
3. Beggs (June 17, 1981)
4. The Team (May 20, 1982)
5. Independence Day (July 4, 1982)
Part II
6. Budget Strategy
7. Wheels, Cans, and Modules
8. Configurations
9. The First Move
10. How to Organize a Task Force
11. International Participation
12. Technology
13. Budget Wars
Part III
14. Positions
15. The White House
16. The Rabbit in the Hat
17. SIG (Space)
18. The Number
19. Reagan
Part IV
20. Congress
21. Momentum
22. Management
23. Congress II
Afterword: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy
Notes
Photo Credits
Index