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The Space Station decision - Incremental politics and technological choiceUsing primary documents and interviews with participants, this book describes the events that led up to the 1984 decision that NASA should build a permanently occupied, international space station in low earth orbit. The role that civil servants in NASA played in initiating the program is highlighted. The trail of the Space Station proposal as its advocates devised strategies to push it through the White House policy review process is followed. The critical analysis focuses on the way in which 'incrementalism' (the tendency of policy makers to introduce incremental changes once projects are under way) operated in connection with the Space Station program. The book calls for a commitment to a long-range space policy.
Document ID
19910067602
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Book
Authors
Mccurdy, Howard E.
(American University Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Subject Category
Law, Political Science And Space Policy
Accession Number
91A52225
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-4067
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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