NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives

Fifty years of NASA's programs and effects.

"In this volume, a wide array of scholars turn a critical eye toward NASA’s first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate."

NASA publication SP-2010-4704.

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