edited by Radford Byerly, Jr.
Westview Special Studies in Science, Technology,
and Public Policy
Westview Press
BOULDER ▪ SAN FRANCISCO ▪ OXFORD
CONTENTS
Preface …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
List of Contributors…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Introduction, Radford Byerly, Jr
PART ONE: OVERVIEW
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The Future of the Unmanned Space Program
Albert D. Wheelon
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The Lonely Race to Mars: The Future of Manned Spaceflight
Alex Roland
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PART TWO: CONTEXT
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The NASA Budget: For Whom, For What, and How Big?
Molly K. Macauley
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Decision Making and Accountability in the U.S. Space Program: A Perspective
Jack D. Fellows
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The Role of Incentives and Accountability in Industry and Government
Angelo Guastaferro
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Policy Issues Pertaining to the Space Exploration Initiative
Maxime A. Faget
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Low Cost Access to Space for Small Science and Technology
Paul J. Coleman, Jr.
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NASA’s Space Science Program: The Vision and the Reality
Richard McCray and S. Alan Stern
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And Then There was One: The Changing Character of NASA’s Space Science Flight Program
S. Alan Stern and M. Jay Habegger
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EOS, the Earth Observing System: NASA’s Global Change Research Mission
Ferris Webster
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The Future of the Space Station Program
Ronald D. Brunner, Radford Byerly, Jr., and Roger A. Pielke, Jr.
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The Space Shuttle Program: “Performance Versus Promise”
Roger A. Pielke, Jr., and Radford Byerly, Jr.
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PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS
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Imagined Frontiers: Westward Expansion and the Future of the Space Program
Patricia Nelson Limerick
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NASA and the Budget Process
Michael L. Telson
PART THREE: PROGRAMS
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Can the United States Conduct a Vigorous Civilian Space Program?
Radford Byerly, Jr.
Index…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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