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Beyond the Atmosphere
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Part 4
Preface
The Meaning of Space Science
The Context
Prophets and Pioneers of Spaceflight
The Rocket and Satellite Research Panel: The First Space Scientists
The Academy of Sciences Stakes a Claim
Early Harvest: the Upper Atmosphere and Cosmic Rays
Response to Sputnik: The Creation of NASA
NASA Gets Under Way
External Relations
Rockets and Spacecraft: Sine Qua Non of Space Science
Deepening Perspective: A New Look at the Old World
Who Decides?
The Universities: Allies and Rivals to NASA
Programs, Projects, and Headaches
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Outsider or Insider?
Life Sciences: No Place in the Sun
Leadership and Changing Times
International Ties
Space Science and Practical Applications
Continuing Harvest: the Broadening Field of Space Science
Objectives, Plans, and Budgets
Review and Assessment
Appendices
Bibliographic Essay
The Author
Part IV
Love-Hate Relationships
Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te.
Martial
Who Decides?
Space Science Board
NASA’s Advisory Committees
Space Science Panel
The Scientists Decide
The Universities: Allies and Rivals to NASA
Stepping Up the Pace
Experimental Program: Facilities Grants and Memos of Understanding
Experimental Program: Research Institutes
A Slower Pace
Programs, Projects, and Headaches
The Character of the Field Centers
Field versus Headquarters
Strains on the Family Tie
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Outsider or Insider?
The Question of Responsiveness
Moon and Planets
Accommodation
Life Sciences: No Place in the Sun
Leadership and Changing Times
NASA’s Administrators
Manned Space Science
Finding the Way Out