Mars Wars; The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative

National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA History Division, Washington, DC. August 2007. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. NASA SP-2007-4410. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bumping to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased; text is secure in binding. 188 pp 8vo. This book investigates one of the most important chapters in the history of the American space program. This is a story of bureaucratic infighting, personality clashes, cultural struggles, and a deeply flawed policy process that ultimately doomed an effort to provide direction to an agency by sending humans to the red planet. A clean very presentable copy.