By National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Steven J. Dick
Court cases of October 2007 convention, backed by means of the NASA historical past department and the nationwide Air and area Museum, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Sputnik 1 release in October 1957 and the sunrise of the gap age.
__________Материалы конференции, организованной Историческим отделом НАСА и Национальным аэрокосмическим музеем США, прошедшей в октябре 2007 года и посвящённой 50-летнему юбилею запуска "Спутника-1" в октябре 1957 года и заре космической эры.
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26 r ememberINg the SpaCe age back centuries that embody similar sensibilities. In non-Western nations, there is also a specific pattern of linking contemporary space programs with events that predate Western modernity. 22 In these narratives, tsiolkovskii, goddard, and oberth are all peripheral. Finally, national identity is linked to spaceflight as an expression of national technological competence. Since the very first satellites, space exploration has served as a reminder to both domestic and international audiences of a nation’s mastery of science and technology, not too dissimilar from other technological metrics of late 20th century modernity such as nuclear power, computing, and biotechnology.
For a more favorable assessment of the significance of space programs, see erik M. ” Societal Impact of Spaceflight, pp. 267-288. 28. ” Societal Impact of Space Flight, pp. 193-206. 29. The Washington Post, october 2, 2007:a1,a6. 16 r eMeMberING the Space age as they serve several useful purposes, and some of them at least are profitable. but exploration programs are another matter: they are especially expensive and, since they probably won’t cure cancer or defeat terrorism, they are at high risk of being phased out by Congress and its equivalents in other lands when money gets tight.
Siddiqi INtroduCtIoN F ew would recount the history of spaceflight without alluding to national aspirations. this connection between space exploration and the nation has endured both in reality and in perception. With few exceptions, only nations (or groups of nations) have had the resources to develop reliable and effective space transportation systems; nations, not individuals, corporations, or international agencies, were the first actors to lay claim to the cosmos. the historical record, in turn, feeds and reinforces a broader public (and academic) consensus that privileges the nation as a heuristic unit for discussions about space exploration.