NASA Spaceflight: A History of Innovation

by Launius, Roger D.
ISBN: 9783319601120
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Overview

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 Mircoelectronics 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-Re-purposing 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
12. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program-The Politics of Partnership
13. Conclusion-What Matters?
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Launius, Roger D.
  • ISBN: 9783319601120
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.27 x 1.31
  • Number Of Pages: 402
  • Publication Year: 2017
Language: English