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100 1 _aJohnson, Stephen B.
245 1 4 _aThe Secret of Apollo :
_bSystems Management in American and European Space Programs.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c2002.
264 4 _c©2002.
300 _a1 online resource (311 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aNew Series in NASA History Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aTo 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.".
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aAstronautics -- Europe -- Management.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aJohnson, Stephen B.
_tThe Secret of Apollo
_dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2002
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aNew Series in NASA History Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318181
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