Spies and shuttles : NASA's secret relationships with the DOD and CIA / James David.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• David, James E., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Astronautics--United States--History.
• Astronautics, Military--Government policy--United States.
• United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.
• United States. Department of Defense--History.
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

• 2015.
• Washington, District of Columbia : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Author James David tells the inside story of how NASA became a strange bedfellow to the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, performing covert operations such as flying over sensitive areas, launching secret telecommunications satellites, and missile launch testing.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Forging close ties in NASA's early years
• NASA, the CIA, and foreign intelligence during the Apollo era
• Expanding interaction in old and new areas
• Restrictions on remote sensing from space
• Concerns over human spaceflight program experiments and lunar and astronomy program technologies
• The shuttle : NASA's radically new partnership with the national security agencies
• The national security agencies abandon the shuttle
• NASA's applications satellites and national security requirements
• Conclusion.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 0-8130-5043-X
• 0-8130-5500-8

OCLC:

899264806