Class 40 (11/25)
The space age
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Sputnik (1957): a shock to the system
Advances in missiles
American R&D
Political repercussions
NASA and the space race
The military-civilian boundary
Racing to the moon
What the scientists thought
What the politicians thought
Scientists as heroes
The Cold War and the political meanings of science
The apotheosis of the scientific advisor
Within the government
In the new think tanks
Into the arena of social policy
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower (Pres 1953-1961, R)
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) John F. Kennedy (Pres 1961-1963, D) Lyndon Johnson (VP 1961-1963, Pres 1963-1969, D) Richard Nixon (VP 1953-1961, Pres 1969-1974, R) missile gap National Aeronautics and Space Administration (fd. 1958) Apollo Program Great Society, War on Poverty Barry Goldwater (R) RAND Corporation (fd. 1948) |
Ramo-Wooldridge (later TRW)
National Defense Education Act (1958) Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) Skylab President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) operations research, systems analysis Herman Kahn, On Thermonuclear War (1960) Robert McNamara (1916- ) counterinsurgency |