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This is a completely updated and revised version of a monograph published in 2002 by the NASA History Office under the original title Deep Space Chronicle: A Ch

Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions t

This study investigates and analyzes historical episodes in America in which the federal government undertook public-private efforts to complete critical activi

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