Abstract This response to Alex Roland's article, ‘Priorities in space for the USA’, argues that his analysis and conclusions are based on shaky historical evidence. Professor Roland's interpretation of NASA's priorities since 1959 is challenged, and it is pointed out that the manned spaceflight programme has widespread support in the USA. The most important issue, raised by the article but not treated extensively enough, is whether the pursuit of the widely accepted emphasis on manned spaceflight is a large-scale societal mistake.


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    Title :

    Priorities and policy analysis


    Subtitle :

    A response to Alex Roland


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Space Policy ; 3 , 2 ; 112-114


    Publication date :

    1987-01-01


    Size :

    3 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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