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The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the release of Mars Wars:  The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative (NASA SP-2007-4410) by Thor Hogan. 

This analytical policy history explains how and why President George H.W. Bush's 1989 plan for space exploration never came to full fruition.  This book is available for public sale and a pdf version is also at http://history.nasa.gov/sp4410.pdf online.  More details about the book including ordering information are in the attached flyer.

We are also pleased to have three older NASA History books available online now.  Way Station to Space:  A History of the John C. Stennis Space Center (NASA SP-4310, 1997) by Mack Herring is now available at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4310/sp4310.htm online.  Special thanks to Rebecca Strecker of NASA Stennis and to volunteer Chris Gamble for providing the electronic images and formatting this publication in html, respectively.  Wallops Station and the Creation of an American Space Program (NASA SP-4311, 1997) by Harold D. Wallace, Jr. is available at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4311/sp4311.htm online.  Last but not least, To See the Unseen:  A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy (NASA SP-4218, 1996) by Andrew J. Butrica is at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4218/sp4218.htm online.  Special thanks to Chris Gamble for formatting these last two publications for the Web. 

Stephen Garber
NASA History Division
Mail Suite CO72, Room 2Q25
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546
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http://history.nasa.gov