The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight Public Perceptions /

• Main Author: Bainbridge, William Sims (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Space and Society,
• Subjects: Physics.; Political communication.; Science > Social aspects.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Social sciences.; Cultural studies.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; Cultural Studies.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Political Communication.

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 scienc...

Table of Contents:

• 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.