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020			_a9780674971998 _q(hardcover : alk. paper)
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aTL789.8 _b.U6 A55355 2017
100	1		_aMaher, Neil M., _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aApollo in the Age of Aquarius / _cNeil M. Maher.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c©2017.
300			_a360 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aThe summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental. Apollo in the Age of Aquarius shows how the celestial aspirations of NASA's Apollo space program were tethered to terrestrial concerns, from the civil rights struggle and the antiwar movement to environmentalism, feminism, and the counterculture. With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the Sixties culture wars. Many people believed it would reinvigorate a country that had lost its way, while for others it represented a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home. Yet Maher also discovers synergies between the space program and political movements of the era. Photographs of "Whole Earth" as a bright blue marble heightened environmental awareness, while NASA's space technology allowed scientists to track ecological changes globally. The space agency's exclusively male personnel sparked feminist debates about opportunities for women. Activists pressured NASA to apply its technical know-how to ending the Vietnam War and helping African Americans by reducing energy costs in urban housing projects. Particularly during the 1970s, as public interest in NASA waned, the two sides became dependent on one another for political support. Against a backdrop of Saturn V moonshots and Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius brings the cultural politics of the space race back down to planet earth.--
610	2	0	_aProject Apollo (U.S.)
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAstronautics _xSocial aspects _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aNineteen sixties.
650		0	_aScience and state _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aOuter space _xExploration _zUnited States _xPublic opinion _xHistory _y20th century.
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