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1	Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities 1950-2050 more books like this by Roger D Launius, Chronicle Books, Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist From Buck Rogers and winged rocketships to televised lunar landings and the exploration of Mars, space travel has gone from fantasy to reality in just fifty years. Where will we be fifty years from now? This visionary book follows the predictions of rocket scientists and science fiction authors in the 1950s to our accomplishments today and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.48! \| first editions
2	Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel more books like this by Roger D Launius, Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist Given the near incomprehensible enormity of the universe, it appears almost inevitable that humankind will one day find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery will no doubt reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? And, given our limited resources, biological constraints, and the general ... see all copies from $14.74! new only from $22.87! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Space Station Decision: Incremental Politics and Technological Choice more books like this by Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist Although building a space station has been an extraordinary challenge for America's scientists and engineers, the securing and sustaining of presidential approval, congressional support, and long-term funding for the project was an enormous task for bureaucrats. The Space Station Decision examines the history of this controversial initiative and ... see all copies from $4.19! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Inside NASA: High Technology and Organizational Change in the U.S. Space Program more books like this by Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist 'Recipient of the Henry Adams Prize from the Society for History in the Federal Government' 'Inside NASA' explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the moon became notorious for the explosion of the space shuttle 'Challenger' and a series of other malfunctions. Using archival evidence as well as in-depth ... see all copies from $11.27! new only from $24.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Public Administration: A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature more books like this by Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $42.50!
6	Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program more books like this by Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist Space exploration has always been one of America's most expensive undertakings. The first moon landing cost 21 billion dollars -in 1969 dollars. A single flight of the reusable space shuttle costs 400 million dollars. This work offers an examination of NASA's efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. The volume takes ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $20.78! \| SVS
7	Space and the American Imagination more books like this by Professor Howard E McCurdy add to wishlist Examining the popular images that have helped motivate the most ambitious civil space program in the world, Howard E. McCurdy argues that the spacefaring dream portrayed in movies, magazine articles, and television shows such as Star Trek has tapped into some of America's most deeply rooted cultural ideals: the limitless frontier, the heroic ... see all copies from $3.82! new only from $39.99! \| first editions
8	How Glooskap Outwits the Ice Giants; And Other Tales of the Maritime Indians more books like this by Howard Norman, Michael McCurdy (Illustrator) add to wishlist Six tales featuring the mythical giant who roamed the coast to New England and Canada, created the Indian peoples to keep him company, and fought battles to protect them ever after. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
9	Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State: Constancy and Change in Public Administration more books like this by David H Rosenbloom (Editor), Professor Howard E McCurdy (Editor) add to wishlist Features reflections on contemporary public administration. This work is useful for those interested in public administration scholarship. see all copies from $32.22! new only from $32.22! \| SVS
10	Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership more books like this by Roger D Launis, Roger D Launius, Professor Howard E McCurdy (Editor) add to wishlist In Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership, ten contributors present compelling arguments and analyses that shed new light on the power and leadership of the nation's presidency and on the space program. Setting the tone for the collection, Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by ... see all copies from $8.68! new only from $16.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Space & Amern Imagination PB more books like this by Professor Howard E McCurdy, Curdy He MC add to wishlist Examining the popular images that have helped motivate the most ambitious civil space program in the world, Howard E. McCurdy argues that the spacefaring dream portrayed in movies, magazine articles, and television shows such as Star Trek has tapped into some of America's most deeply rooted cultural ideals: the limitless frontier, the heroic ... see all copies from $7.23! new only from $81.46!
12	Public Administration: A Synthesis more books like this by Howard McCurdy add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
13	Public administration: a bibliography more books like this by Howard E. McCurdy add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! first editions
14	An insider's guide to the Capitol : the complete walking tour more books like this by Howard E. McCurdy, David I. Sheinfeld, Beth C. Fuchs add to wishlist see all copies from $14.20!
15 view cover	Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership more books like this by Roger D Launius, Goward E McCurdy, Professor Howard E McCurdy (Editor) add to wishlist In Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership, ten contributors present compelling arguments and analyses that shed new light on the power and leadership of the nation's presidency and on the space program. Setting the tone for the collection, Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by ... see all copies from $99.00!

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