Bringing NASA Back to Earth:
Bringing NASA Back to Earth:
A Search for Relevance during the Cold War
During the Cold War, NASA became the largest funder of climate research in the United States, and a major player in the Earth sciences more generally. When NASA was created after the launch of Sputnik, though, Congress gave the agency a very limited role in atmospheric science. But as the Cold War waxed and waned, the agency gained for itself a much broader “mission,” to study the Earth, with profound consequences for the Earth and planetary sciences.
Keywords: NASA, Earth science, Cold War science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, science applications
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