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The New Space Race China vs. the United States / by Seedhouse, Erik

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The New Space Race China vs. the United States / by Seedhouse, Erik

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Heavenly ambitions America's quest to dominate space / by Johnson-Freese, Joan

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Heavenly ambitions America's quest to dominate space / by Johnson-Freese, Joan

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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / by Shetterly, Margot Lee

In the shadow of the moon a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / by French, Francis

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In the shadow of the moon a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / by French, Francis

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The politics of space security strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests / by Moltz, James Clay

Table of Contents: “…The dynamics of space security : existing explanations -- Space and environmental security -- Roots of the U.S.-Soviet space race : 1920s-1962 -- The emergence of cooperative restraint : 1962-1975 -- Challenges to space security and their resolution : 1976-1991 -- Post-Cold War space uncertainty : 1992-2000 -- Renewed U.S. space nationalism : 2001-2008 -- Expanding international norms amid tensions : 2009-present -- Alternative futures for space security.…”
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The politics of space security strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests / by Moltz, James Clay

Table of Contents: “…The dynamics of space security : existing explanations -- Space and environmental security -- Roots of the U.S.-Soviet space race : 1920s-1962 -- The emergence of cooperative restraint : 1962-1975 -- Challenges to space security and their resolution : 1976-1991 -- Post-Cold War space uncertainty : 1992-2000 -- Renewed U.S. space nationalism : 2001-2008 -- Expanding international norms amid tensions : 2009-present -- Alternative futures for space security.…”
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Robots in space technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / by Launius, Roger D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? …”
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Robots in space technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / by Launius, Roger D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? …”
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Bright Signals : A History of Color Television / by Murray, Susan, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…"And now: Color" : early color systems -- Natural vision versus "tele-vision" : defining and standardizing color -- Color adjustments : experiments, calibrations, and color training, 1950-1955 -- Colortown, USA : expansion, stabilization, and promotion, 1955-1959 -- The wonderful world of color : network programming and the spectacular real, 1960-1965 -- At the end of the rainbow : global expansion, the space race, and the Cold War.…”
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Bright Signals : A History of Color Television / by Murray, Susan, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…"And now: Color" : early color systems -- Natural vision versus "tele-vision" : defining and standardizing color -- Color adjustments : experiments, calibrations, and color training, 1950-1955 -- Colortown, USA : expansion, stabilization, and promotion, 1955-1959 -- The wonderful world of color : network programming and the spectacular real, 1960-1965 -- At the end of the rainbow : global expansion, the space race, and the Cold War.…”
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James Van Allen the first eight billion miles / by Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system.…”
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James Van Allen the first eight billion miles / by Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system.…”
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Defence and discovery Canada's military space program, 1945-74 / by Godefroy, Andrew B., 1972-

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Defence and discovery Canada's military space program, 1945-74 / by Godefroy, Andrew B., 1972-

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Race in the age of Obama

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge in urban spaces : race and urban education in the age of Obama -- pt. 5. …”
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Race in the age of Obama

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge in urban spaces : race and urban education in the age of Obama -- pt. 5. …”
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The galaxy is rated G essays on children's science fiction film and television /

Table of Contents: “…Enright -- -- Toys, a t-rex, and trouble: cautionary tales of time travel in children's film -- Kristine larsen -- "manmade mess": the critical dystopia of wall-e / Alexander Charles Oliver Hall -- A Bumbling Bag of Ball Bearings: Lost in Space and the Space Race / Jonathan Cohn.…”
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