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2. Shooting (from) the Moon: NASA, Nature, and the New Left during the Vietnam War Era

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: Launching the Sixties 1
  4. 1. Spaceship Earth: Civil Rights and NASA’s War on Poverty 11
  5. 2. Shooting (from) the Moon: NASA, Nature, and the New Left during the Vietnam War Era 54
  6. 3. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Cape Canaveral and Whole Earth Environmentalism 92
  7. 4. Heavenly Bodies: “Manned Spaceflight” and the Women's Movement 137
  8. 5. The New Right’s Stuff: The Hippie Counterculture and the Rise of the Conservative Crescent 183
  9. Conclusion: Grounding the Space Race 228
  10. Notes 241
  11. Acknowledgments 347
  12. Illustration Credits 351
  13. Index 353
Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
This chapter is in the book Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674977808-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: Launching the Sixties 1
  4. 1. Spaceship Earth: Civil Rights and NASA’s War on Poverty 11
  5. 2. Shooting (from) the Moon: NASA, Nature, and the New Left during the Vietnam War Era 54
  6. 3. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Cape Canaveral and Whole Earth Environmentalism 92
  7. 4. Heavenly Bodies: “Manned Spaceflight” and the Women's Movement 137
  8. 5. The New Right’s Stuff: The Hippie Counterculture and the Rise of the Conservative Crescent 183
  9. Conclusion: Grounding the Space Race 228
  10. Notes 241
  11. Acknowledgments 347
  12. Illustration Credits 351
  13. Index 353
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