Book ID: CBB000773373

The Last of the Great Observatories: Spitzer and the Era of Faster, Better, Cheaper at NASA (2006)

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Rieke, G. H. (Author)


University of Arizona Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xiv + 233 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the politics at NASA during the development of the infrared space telescope that was launched in 2003.


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Review Smith, Howard (2007) Review of "The Last of the Great Observatories: Spitzer and the Era of Faster, Better, Cheaper at NASA". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 248). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Neufeld, Michael J.
Launius, Roger D.
Determann, Jörg Matthias
Habing, Harm J.
Baneke, David
Swanson, Glen. E.
Concepts
Space research and exploration
Space programs
Space travel; space flight
Astronautics
Astronomy
Science and politics
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Middle and Near East
Netherlands
Russia
Portugal
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Space Force (USSF)
Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa
Observatório Astronómico de Coimbra
United States. Department of Defense
Project Apollo (NASA)
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