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19 produkter
Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership
Av Roger D Launius, Howard E McCurdy
Häftad, 1997
328 kr
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Setting the tone for the collection, NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by the mid-1970s and that supporters of the space program had grown to find relief in such a presidency, which they believed could help them obtain …
Inside NASA
High Technology and Organizational Change in the U.S. Space Program
Häftad, 1994
468 kr
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Inside NASA explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the moon became notorious for the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and a series of other malfunctions. Using archival evidence as well as in-depth interviews with space agency officials, Howard McCurdy …
Faster, Better, Cheaper
Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program
Av Howard E. McCurdy, Roger D. Launius
Häftad, 2003
463 kr
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In Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details the sixteen missions undertaken during the 1990s-including an orbit of the moon, deployment of …
Space Station Decision
Incremental Politics and Technological Choice
Häftad, 2008
430 kr
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Outstanding Academic Title, 1991, Choice Magazine Although building a space station has been an extraordinary challenge for America's scientists and engineers, the securing and sustaining of presidential approval, congressional support, and long-term funding for the project was an enormous task for …
Robots in Space
Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel
Av Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy
Häftad, 2012
358 kr
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Given the near incomprehensible enormity of the universe, it appears almost inevitable that humankind will one day find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery will no doubt reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? And, given our limited …
Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State
Constancy and Change in Public Administration
Av David H. Rosenbloom, Howard E. McCurdy
Häftad, 2006
447 kr
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The prevailing notion that the best government is achieved through principles of management and business practices is hardly new - it echoes the early twentieth-century "gospel of efficiency" challenged by Dwight Waldo in 1948 in his path-breaking book, "The Administrative State". Asking, …
Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State
Constancy and Change in Public Administration
Av Howard E. McCurdy, David H. Rosenbloom
E-bok, 2006
423 kr
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The prevailing notion that the best government is achieved through principles of management and business practices is hardly new—it echoes the early twentieth-century "gospel of efficiency" challenged by Dwight Waldo in 1948 in his pathbreaking book, The Administrative State. Asking, "Efficiency …
Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight
The History of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 36, 2005
Av Howard E. McCurdy, NASA History Division
Häftad, 2011
222 kr
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Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight
The History of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 36, 2005
Av Howard E. McCurdy, NASA History Division
Inbunden, 2011
326 kr
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Financing the New Space Industry
Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support
Inbunden, 2019
736 kr
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This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies—SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company—to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation. Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence …
Financing the New Space Industry
Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support
E-bok, 2019
903 kr
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This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies—SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company—to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation. Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence …
NASA Spaceflight
A History of Innovation
Av Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy
Inbunden, 2017
1421 kr
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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, …
NASA Spaceflight
A History of Innovation
Av Howard E. McCurdy, Roger D. Launius
E-bok, 2017
1746 kr
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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, …
NASA Spaceflight
A History of Innovation
Av Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy
Häftad, 2018
1464 kr
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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, …
Faster, Better, Cheaper
Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program
Inbunden, 2002
430 kr
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In Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details the sixteen missions undertaken during the 1990s-including an orbit of the moon, deployment of …
Space and the American Imagination
Inbunden, 2011
652 kr
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People dreamed of cosmic exploration-winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts-long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on …
Space and the American Imagination
Häftad, 2011
336 kr
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People dreamed of cosmic exploration-winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts-long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on …
Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State
Constancy and Change in Public Administration
Av David H. Rosenbloom, Howard E. McCurdy
Inbunden, 2006
1195 kr
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The prevailing notion that the best government is achieved through principles of management and business practices is hardly new - it echoes the early twentieth-century "gospel of efficiency" challenged by Dwight Waldo in 1948 in his path-breaking book, "The Administrative State". Asking, …
