Outstanding Academic Title, 1991, Choice Magazine
Although building a space station has been an extraordinary
challenge for America's scientists and engineers, the securing and
sustaining of presidential approval, congressional support, and
long-term funding for the project was an enormous task for
bureaucrats. The Space Station Decision examines the history of
this controversial initiative and illustrates how bureaucracy
shapes public policy. Using primary documents and interviews,
Howard E. McCurdy describes the events that led up to the 1984
decision to build a permanently occupied, international space
station in low Earth orbit.
As he follows the trail of the space station proposal through
the labyrinth of White House policy review, McCurdy explains the
evolution of the presidential budget review process, the breakup of
the cabinet system, the proliferation of subcabinets and Executive
Office interagency, the involvement of White House staff in framing
issues for presidential review, and the role of bureaucracy in
advancing administration legislation on Capitol Hill. Comparing the
space station decision to earlier decisions to go to the moon and
to build the space shuttle, McCurdy shows how public officials
responsible for long-term science and technology policy maneuvered
in a political system that demanded short-term flexibility.
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