NASA Spaceflight A History of Innovation /
This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space travel itself. Twelve case studies trace the messy, ri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of 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 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?
