Journey into Space (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Bruce Murray
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: 1957-1989
- Setting: Primarily California
- Principal Characters: Bruce Murray, James Beggs, James C. Fletcher, Harold Brown, Carl Sagan, David Stockman
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Science and technology
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Science or scientists, Space flight or travel, 1980’s, Planets, Exploration or explorers, Space sciences
- Locales: California
This book is both the memoir of an administrator/scientist and a plea for future American support for space exploration. Bruce Murray was the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1976 to 1982. Before and after his stint as director, he served on the Caltech faculty as a space scientist, having first become interested in planetary science while a postdoctoral research fellow at Caltech in 1960. His service with Caltech and JPL corresponded to the period when these institutions served as the hub of American efforts in the...
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