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... space ' research - and - development ' has preempted funds and personnel from every secular activity . Unlike any earthbound activity , space exploration is limitless , and the technological demands it makes are insatiable . In this ...
... space ' research - and - development ' has preempted funds and personnel from every secular activity . Unlike any earthbound activity , space exploration is limitless , and the technological demands it makes are insatiable . In this ...
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... space technology have been so rapidly perfected . Without the pressure for military advantage , the more differentiated , reliable , safe , and humanly responsive transportation system that existed before 1940 might have remained in ...
... space technology have been so rapidly perfected . Without the pressure for military advantage , the more differentiated , reliable , safe , and humanly responsive transportation system that existed before 1940 might have remained in ...
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... Space , as Satan's power bribe , 311 Space capsule , 227 ; as minimal environ- ment , 306 ; static , [ 21 ] , 309 Space dissertation , first , 45 Space exploration , immediate advantages of , 309 Space rockets , as embodiment of power ...
... Space , as Satan's power bribe , 311 Space capsule , 227 ; as minimal environ- ment , 306 ; static , [ 21 ] , 309 Space dissertation , first , 45 Space exploration , immediate advantages of , 309 Space rockets , as embodiment of power ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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