Spies and Shuttles

“A pioneering work. David has performed a herculean task by pulling together for the first time hundreds of formerly classified documents to tell the fascinating story of NASA’s intimate and extremely sensitive relations with the CIA and other branches of the intelligence community over the past fifty-plus years.”—Matthew M. Aid, author of Intel Wars: The Secret History of the Fight against Terror

“Reveals the long, complicated, and fascinating relationship between NASA, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community.”—Jeffrey T. Richelson, author of Defusing Armageddon

“Casts light on a hitherto deeply shadowed portion of America’s spaceflight history.”—Rick W. Sturdevant, deputy director of history, USAF Space Command at Peterson AFB

“Everyone who’s interested in space history has always known there was a relationship between the U.S. defense community and NASA. The shuttle era was the heyday of that relationship. For the first time, this book really captures just how deep that relationship was even before the shuttle era and how the defense and intelligence communities cooperated with and influenced NASA.”—David Christopher Arnold, editor of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly

“Provides a valuable window into the workings of NASA and the impact that defense and intelligence efforts have on civilian science. . . . A must read for those interested in space history, Cold War security issues, and twentieth-century science and technology.”—H-Net

“Offers one of the best analyses to date of the long, and often difficult, history of interaction between NASA and the national security community.”—Space Review

“Explains the long history of NASA’s tangled relationships with the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency—both their secret successes and some of their more public failures.”—Technology and Culture