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Author: Pamela Etter Mack Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 9780262132596 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 302
Book Description
Viewing the Earth examines the role played by interest groups in shaping the process of technological change, offering valuable insights into how technologies evolve. It traces the history of Landsat from its origins through the launch and use of the first few satellites, showing how a variety of forces shape the form and the eventual reception of any new technology. The Landsat earth resources satellite system was a project of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration that was created to collect data about earth resources from space. The first satellite was launched in 1972 with great fanfare and high expectations. The data proved useful for everything from finding oil to predicting harvests, yet today the successful commercialization of the program is still uncertain. Why? To answer this question, Pamela E. Mack focuses on the negotiating process that went on among different parts of the space agency, other interested government agencies, and various organizations that were potential users of the data. This formal and informal negotiating process, she points out, involved not only choices between alternative technologies and the satellite but also conflicting definitions of what the satellite would do. The story is full of fascinating detail, from the concerns of the intelligence community over civilian satellites looking at the earth to the politics of agricultural survey. Pamela E. Mack is Associate Professor in the History Department at Clemson University.
Author: Pamela Etter Mack Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 9780262132596 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 302
Book Description
Viewing the Earth examines the role played by interest groups in shaping the process of technological change, offering valuable insights into how technologies evolve. It traces the history of Landsat from its origins through the launch and use of the first few satellites, showing how a variety of forces shape the form and the eventual reception of any new technology. The Landsat earth resources satellite system was a project of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration that was created to collect data about earth resources from space. The first satellite was launched in 1972 with great fanfare and high expectations. The data proved useful for everything from finding oil to predicting harvests, yet today the successful commercialization of the program is still uncertain. Why? To answer this question, Pamela E. Mack focuses on the negotiating process that went on among different parts of the space agency, other interested government agencies, and various organizations that were potential users of the data. This formal and informal negotiating process, she points out, involved not only choices between alternative technologies and the satellite but also conflicting definitions of what the satellite would do. The story is full of fascinating detail, from the concerns of the intelligence community over civilian satellites looking at the earth to the politics of agricultural survey. Pamela E. Mack is Associate Professor in the History Department at Clemson University.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences Publisher: ISBN: Category : Orbiting geophysical observatories Languages : en Pages : 350
Author: International Astronautical Federation. Committee on Application Satellites. Working Group One Publisher: ISBN: Category : Artificial satellites in telecommunication Languages : en Pages : 104
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences Publisher: ISBN: Category : Artificial satellites, American Languages : en Pages : 352
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications Publisher: ISBN: Category : Earth resources technology satellites Languages : en Pages : 232
Author: Pamela Etter Mack
Author: Pamela Etter Mack
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Author: International Astronautical Federation. Committee on Application Satellites. Working Group One
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Author: Stanley C. Freden
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications