Launius, Roger D.
NASA Spaceflight
1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation
Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy
2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA’s International Program: The Ariel Case Study
Angelina Long Callahan
3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology
Roger D. Launius
4. The Other Side of Moore’s Law: The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Microelectronics Revolution, 1962–1975
Paul E. Ceruzzi
5. NASA’s Mission Control Center: The Space Program’s Capitol as Innovative Capital
Layne Karafantis
6. Lessons of Landsat: From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969–1989
Brian Jirout
7. Selling the Space Shuttle: Early Developments
John M. Logsdon
8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Repurposing NASA’s Spacecraft
Matthew H. Hersch
9. Encouraging New Space Firms
John M. Logsdon
10. The Discovery Program: Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration
Michael J. Neufeld
11. Partnerships for Innovation: The X-33/VentureStar
Howard E. McCurdy
12. Microgravity, Macro Investment: Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges Through Managerial Innovation
Emily A. Margolis
13. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program: The Politics of Partnership
W. Henry Lambright
14. Conclusion: What Matters?
Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy
Nyckelord: History, History of Science, US History, Public Policy, US Politics, Political Economy/Economic Policy
- Utgivare
- Launius, Roger D.
- McCurdy, Howard E.
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2018
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
- Sidantal
- 23 sidor
- Kategori
- Historia
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319601137
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-3-319-60112-0