Part III

Setting the Course

The heavens themselves, the planets, and this center
Observe degree, priority, and place,
Insisture, course, proportion, season, form,
Office, and custom, in all line of order.

Shakespeare,
Troilus and Cressida

  1. Response to Sputnik: The Creation of NASA
  2. NASA Gets Under Way
  3. External Relations
  4. Rockets and Spacecraft: Sine Qua Non of Space Science
  5. Deepening Perspective: A New Look at the Old World