Oliver, Kendrick,  1971- <br/><br/>
To touch the face of God  the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 /  [electronic resource] : 
Kendrick Oliver. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2013. 
 - xiii, 229 p., [10] p. of plates :  ill., ports. 
 - New series in NASA history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: "The blasphemy of going up" -- "A power greater than any of us" : religion and secularity in the formation of the American space program -- "Signals of transcendence" : the rise and fall of space-age theology -- "Into the other world" : anticipations of spaceflight as religious experience -- "Perhaps a meaning to us" : the Apollo missions as religious experience -- "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing" : religious Americans and NASA in the autumn of the space age -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Astronautics--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Religion and science--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Astronautics--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Christianity and politics--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Religion--20th century.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL789.8.U5  / O39 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.40973/09046