NASA Spaceflight: A History of Innovation 1st Edition

NASA Spaceflight: A History of Innovation – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783319601120,9783319601137,3319601121,331960113X

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 331960113X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783319601137
• Author: Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy 

Table contents:

1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation

2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA’s International Program: The Ariel Case Study

3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology

4. The Other Side of Moore’s Law: The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Microelectronics Revolution, 1962–1975

5. NASA’s Mission Control Center: The Space Program’s Capitol as Innovative Capital

6. Lessons of Landsat: From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969–1989

7. Selling the Space Shuttle: Early Developments

8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Repurposing NASA’s Spacecraft

9. Encouraging New Space Firms

10. The Discovery Program: Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration

11. Partnerships for Innovation: The X-33/VentureStar

12. Microgravity, Macro Investment: Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges Through Managerial Innovation

13. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program: The Politics of Partnership

14. Conclusion: What Matters?

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