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The Secret of Apollo : Systems Management in American and European Space Programs.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Series in NASA History SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (311 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801876189
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Secret of ApolloDDC classification:
  • 629.4/0973
LOC classification:
  • UG1523.J645
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction: Management and the Control of Research and Development -- Chapter 1 - Social and Technical Issues of Spaceflight -- Chapter 2 - Creating Concurrency -- Chapter 3 - From Concurrency to Systems Management -- Chapter 4 - JPL's Journey from Missiles to Space -- Chapter 5 - Organizing the Manned Space Program -- Chapter 6 - Organizing ELDO for Failure -- Chapter 7 - ESRO's American Bridge across the Management Gap -- Chapter 8 - Coordination and Control of High-Tech Research and Development -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index.
Summary: To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them.".
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction: Management and the Control of Research and Development -- Chapter 1 - Social and Technical Issues of Spaceflight -- Chapter 2 - Creating Concurrency -- Chapter 3 - From Concurrency to Systems Management -- Chapter 4 - JPL's Journey from Missiles to Space -- Chapter 5 - Organizing the Manned Space Program -- Chapter 6 - Organizing ELDO for Failure -- Chapter 7 - ESRO's American Bridge across the Management Gap -- Chapter 8 - Coordination and Control of High-Tech Research and Development -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index.

To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them.".

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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