The stunt that stunted space exploration
Fifty years after Yuri Gagarin's famous mission, Professor Gerard DeGroot questions the value of his flight for space strategy.
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Do you really remember the sixties?
St Andrews' historian revisits the sixties with a less nostalgic outlook.
Women as peacekeepers
The inclusion of women in the peacekeeping process is more likely to gain positive results, according to a St Andrews academic.
One giant waste of time?
Research into the darker side of space exploration, which views the 1969 moon landing as '$35 billion ego trip', has been published by a historian at the University of St Andrews.
Historian plays active role in new U.N initiative
Dr Gerard DeGroot of the University of St Andrews is actively participating in a new United Nations initiative designed to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping and peace support operations around the world.