The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight

Public Perceptions

By:

William Sims Bainbridge

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Hardback

Series:

Space and Society

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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.

Author Biography:

William Sims Bainbridge is an experienced researcher on the history and sociology of space development and a leader in developing new computational methods of questionnaire administration and analysis, as well as a writer who knows how to communicate clearly to readers interested in spaceflight or science and technology more broadly.

Release date NZ

August 22nd, 2014

Author

William Sims Bainbridge

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 225 p. 1 illus.

Pages

225

Series

Space and Society

Dimensions

155x235x14

ISBN-13

9783319078779

Product ID

22432427

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