The Final Frontier: History, Science, and Space Exploration

Frontiers Series, Episode #2 of 4. Is space the new frontier? What are the links between the so-called “age of exploration,” the conquering of the American West, and the United States space program? We will be covering those questions and others in today's podcast, The Final Frontier: History, Science, and Space Exploration. Bibliography and transcript at digpodcast.org. Show Notes Howard McCurdy, Space and the American Imagination (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997). Frederick Jackson Turner, The Frontier in American History (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices