TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Stephen B.
TI  - The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs
T2  - New Series in NASA History Series
SN  - 9780801876189
AV  - UG1523.J645 
U1  - 629.4/0973 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Astronautics -- Europe -- Management
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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