... you, but it shouldn’t. The agency was created to lead civilian space efforts in 1958, during the Cold War and immediately following the USSR’s success with Sputnik. The settlement of space was not on its radar...
... scientific accuracy or truth. Reviving the space museum through contemporary art means there will always be a tug of war between the heart and the mind, so to speak. A balance needs to be struck between providing adequate information and...
... so-called NewSpace revolution, the growing role of the private sector in space. For example, during the Iraq war of 2003–2011, there was a 560 percent increase in US reliance on commercial satellites for military purposes. Policymakers are...
... time largely because the budgets for such advanced, prestige projects were diverted in the US by the Cold War race to the Moon and in Europe by Concorde. Moreover, there was no powerful incentive to reduce launch costs for...