SP-4312 Dreams, Hopes,
Realities
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- To my Uncle Ned -
- A gifted teacher who introduced me
to the stars
- And to my Mom and Dad -
- Who made me believe I could reach
them.
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The picture of the Milky Way taken by
the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) shows the plane of our Galaxy
in infrared light. All three COBE instruments produced major
discoveries. COBE proved the Big Bang theory and the cosmic microwave
background has its origin in the Big Bang, COBE also proved there
were primordial temperature and density fluctuations that gave rise
to the clusters of galaxies and the huge voids between them. COBE
also found there is a far infrared cosmic background radiation that
is brighter than all the known stars and galaxies combined produced
by a previously unknown population of objects, presumably dusty early
galaxies.
Foreword.
Preface.
Chapter 1: Goddard's First Forty: The Quest to Learn.
Chapter 2: A Place for Science.
Chapter 3: The Tools.
Chapter 4: Exploring the Heavens.
Chapter 5: Exploring the Earth.
Chapter 6: The Endless Frontier.
References.
Bibliographical
Essay.
Appendix A: Glossary of Acronyms.
Appendix B: Goddard Launches.
Appendix C: Directors of the Goddard Space Flight Center
1959-1998.
Acknowledgements.
Index.
The NASA History
Series.
About the
Author.
On the cover:
Spaceship Earth rushes through the galaxy
ferrying its inhabitants into the future. Forty stellar years of
exploration and science by Goddard Space Flight Center, looking both
outward and back at Earth, helps humankind understand the planet's
mission and theirs as passengers.
Artwork by Pat Rawlings, Space Artist and
Conceptual Designer, SAIC
