Space and the American Imagination

Advocates of space exploration have long advanced a fantastic vision of the future: cavernous space stations, extensive lunar bases, sophisticated spacecraft and colonies on Mars. In books, movies, television shows, magazine articles and theme parks, Americans have been exposed to the belief that a complete conquest of space would soon be achieved.

• Author
• Howard E. McCurdy

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 416

• Publisher
• Smithsonian

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781560984450

• Genres
• history, science, sociology

• Release date
• 1999