NASA Spaceflight : a History of Innovation / edited by Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy.
Launius, Roger D., editor.; McCurdy, Howard E., editor.
2018
D1-DX301
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Title
NASA Spaceflight : a History of Innovation / edited by Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy.
ISBN
9783319601137
331960113X
9783319601120
3319601121
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60113-7
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XXIII, 402 pages 41 illustrations, 33 illustrations in color.) : online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-60113-7 doi
Call Number
D1-DX301
Dewey Decimal Classification
509
Summary
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, risky history of such partnerships, exploring the role of AT & T in the early development of satellite technology, the connections between the Apollo program and Silicon Valley, the rise of SpaceX, and more. Some of these projects have succeeded, and some have failed; all have challenged conventional methods of doing the public's business in space. Together, these essays offer new insights into how innovation happens, with invaluable lessons for policymakers, investors, economists, and members of the space community.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Launius, Roger D., editor.
McCurdy, Howard E., editor.
Series
Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology.
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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?

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