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AFTER THE LUNAR LANDING Our concern in this volume is the impact
upon science, technology and international cooperation of man's
emer gence from the "cradle," the biosphere of Earth, to visit the
surface of another planet. The editors invited experts in the
physical and social sciences who had been think ing, talking and
writing about space programs for a long time. Some had been
critical of manned space flight, its motives and its costs. Some
have been or are currently involved in Project Apollo. Some had not
committed themselves to value judgments but were fascinated by
probable results. In general, the authors regard the moon landing
as a climactic event in man's evolution. Sir Bernard Lovell is
likely to have a cataclysmic effect on society suggests it and that
an international effort should be mounted to send men to Mars in
the 1980s. The question of how Project Apollo relates to a scheme
of priorities which takes into account such needs as housing,
health, pollution and the problems of urbaniza tion enters the
discussion from several points of view. Eugene Rabinowitch suggests
that Apollo may stimulate the development of a system of
establishing national priorities in the application of the nation's
resources. Freeman Dyson, on the other hand, does not believe that
ix PREFACE x any "hierarchy of committees" can devise an accepted
order of priorities.
Traces the development of the space shuttle, describes the
political and technological problems the program faced, and looks
at future uses of the shuttle.
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