Japan / Russia / United States / Afghanistan / Soviet Union / Columbia / China / India / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Space Transportation System / Space Station / International Space Station / Rice University / /
IndustryTerm
fragile transportation systems / automated supply vehicles / chemical rockets / Life-support systems / propulsion technologies / space propulsion systems / important technology / tiny satellite / communications satellites / travel time / mining / manufacturing / terrestrial applications / /
Organization
Center for Strategic / Rice University / Congressional Budget Office / Accident Investigation Board / Ad Hoc Committee on Space / Congress / National Security Council / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Communist Party / Department of Defense / /
Person
John F. Kennedy / Nixon / James Andrew Lewis / David Kestenbaum / Khrushchev / /
Position
director of the Strategic Technologies Program / president / Vice President / Icarus No president / author / Soviet Premier / administrator / de facto leader / /
Product
Shuttle / /
RadioStation
5 With / /
Technology
strategically important technology / propulsion technologies / /
Hard Choices for Manned Spaceflight: America as Icarus