TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bainbridge,William Sims
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight: Public Perceptions 
T2  - Space and Society,
SN  - 9783319078786
AV  - Q175.4-175.55 
U1  - 621 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - physics
KW  - Political Communication
KW  - Science
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Aerospace engineering
KW  - Astronautics
KW  - social sciences
KW  - Cultural Studies
KW  - Physics
KW  - Societal Aspects of Physics
KW  - Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
KW  - Methodology of the Social Sciences
N1  - Part I Factors -- The Space Race -- The General Social Survey -- Goals in Space -- Part II Correlations -- Events -- Sciences -- Technologies -- Part III Culture -- Literature -- Popular Media -- Simulation -- Conclusion -- The Final Frontier
N2  - This book presents the most serious and comprehensive study, by far, of American public perceptions about the meaning of space exploration, analyzing vast troves of questionnaire data collected by many researchers and polling firms over a span of six decades and anchored in influential social science theories.  It doesn't simply report the percentages who held various opinions, but employs sophisticated statistical techniques to answer profound questions and achieve fresh discoveries. Both the Bush and the Obama administrations have cut back severely on fundamental research in space science and engineering. Understanding better what space exploration means for citizens can contribute to charting a feasible but progressive course. Since the end of the Space Race between the US and the USSR, social scientists have almost completely ignored space exploration as a topic for serious analysis, and this book seeks to revive that kind of contribution. The author communicates the insights in a lucid style, not only intelligible but interesting to readers from a variety of backgrounds. 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07878-6
ER  -