The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight: Public Perceptions

by William Sims Bainbridge

Book Overview

This book presents the most serious and comprehensive study, by far, of American public perceptions about the meaning of space exploration, analyzing vast troves of questionnaire data collected by many researchers and polling firms over a span of six decades and anchored in influential social science theories. It doesn't simply report the percentages who held various opinions, but employs sophisticated statistical techniques to answer profound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319381067
• ISBN13: 9783319381060
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"