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Inventing the American astronaut

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Inventing the American astronaut/ by Matthew H. Hersch.
作者:	Hersch, Matthew H.
出版者:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xiii, 219 p.) :ill. :
標題:	Astronauts - United States. -
電子資源:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137025296
ISBN:	9781137025296 (electronic bk.)

Inventing the American astronaut
Hersch, Matthew H.

Inventing the American astronaut[electronic resource] /by Matthew H. Hersch. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 219 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203] -212) and index.

'Project Astronaut' -- 'Deke's Boys' -- Scientists In Space -- The Man In The Gray Flannel Spacesuit -- Public Space.

Who were the men who led America's first voyages into space? Soldiers? Daredevils? The American public sometimes imagined them that way: dutiful military men or hot-shot pilots without the capacity for doubt, fear, or worry. The astronauts often portrayed themselves in this way, too, but image seldom matched reality. Instead, the early astronauts were something else entirely: a new kind of 'organization man,' calm, calculating, and attuned to the politics and celebrity of the Space Race. Many of the astronauts would have been just as successful in Corporate America, and until the first rockets carried humans into space, some seemed to be heading there. Instead, they strapped themselves to missiles and blasted themselves skyward, returning with a smile and an inspiring word for the press. .

ISBN: 9781137025296 (electronic bk.)

Source: 583725Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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LC Class. No.: TL789.8.U6 / H47 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 629.450092

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