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Post WWII Era
Early Days
NACA stared to work in Supersonic Flight. In 1947 X-1 was succesfully tested.
During the 1950's research in rocket technology increased. [2]
Why?
Cold War
From NACA to NASA
NACA - National Advisory Commmittie for Aeronautics
- Establish by the Congress on: March 3, 1915
- 12 volunteers with $5,000 budget
- To "supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solutions." [1]
- Sputnik lunched in 1957
- Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
[3]
Space Race
Privatization of the
US Space program
Agencies Created or Benefited
- Department of Defence (DoD)
- Federal Communications Commision (FCC)
- National Geospatial-inteligence Agency (NGA)
- Defence Space Council (DSC)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
US goal: Put a man in the moon and return it safely to Earth before 1970 [4]
- Project Mercury
- Project Gemini
- Project Apollo
Private companies
- Stratolaunch Systems
- Planetary Resources
- Blue Origin
- Virgin Galactic
- SpaceX
- Bigelow Aerospace
Privatization Acts
Discussion
- Communications Satellite Act of 1962
- Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984
- Launch Services Purchase Act of 1990
- United States President Barack Obama proposed in a speech On February 1, 2010, that NASA exit the business of flying astronauts from Earth to low-Earth orbit
- SCOT
- Hard Determinism
- Tech Momentum
"Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."
- JFK September 12, 1962
[1] http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/naca_95_anniversary.html#.U162svldVrN
[2] http://www.history.nasa.gov/naca/overview.html
[3] http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=/historical-docs/doc-content/images/natl-aero-space-act-1958-l.jpg&c=/historical-docs/doc-content/images/natl-aero-space-act-1958.caption.html