1984 Bauer lecture. The space station--mankind's permanent presence in space.
The Space Station is a means of furthering mankind's investigation of space and studying his responses to long-duration residency in the environs of space and weightlessness. The historical development of the NASA Space Station is reviewed from President Reagan's announcement of this as a new national commitment. The very tenuous history of the Space Station and it's course through technical/political reviews is the text of this Lecture.
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013026:Space Flight / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States