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Dominique M.
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BA Political
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College of
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May 2015

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Crash Course

US Space Policy 301

Syllabus

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Criteria
The Space Race, Creation of NASA, and Space
History

Week 1

Week 2

Space Act of 1958

http://history.nasa.gov/s
paceact.html
Logsdon1 , Introduction
and Chapter One
Sadeh2 , Historical
Dimensions of Space
Age, by Launius

Rationales for Space Exploration

Sadeh3 , Rationales of the

Space Program, by
Handberg
Launius4 , Chapter 2
http://history.nasa.gov/SP
-2006-4702/chapters/chap

Logsdon,
John. Decision to Go to the Moon. 1970. MIT.
Sadeh,

Eligar. Space Politics and Policy. 2002/3. Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Sadeh,

Eligar. Space Politics and Policy. 2002/3. Kluwer Academic Publishers

4
Launius, Roger. COMPELLING RATIONALES FOR SPACEFLIGHT? HISTORY AND THE SEARCH FOR RELEVANCE.
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2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

ter2.pdf
US Presidents and space exploration

Logsdon, 10 presidents
and NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/50
th/50th_magazine/10pr
esidents.html
Sadeh5 , Presidents and
Space Policy, by Krug

Congress and space exploration

Sadeh6 , Congress and

Space Policy, by
Johnson-Freese

Hogan7 , Chapter 6. SEI,

Policy Streams, and
Punctuated
Equilibrium
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Sadeh, Eligar. Space Politics and Policy. 2002/3. Kluwer Academic Publishers
Sadeh, Eligar. Space Politics and Policy. 2002/3. Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Hogan, Thor. Mars Wars. 2007. http://history.nasa.gov/sp4410.pdf
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