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Book Synopsis Faster, Better, Cheaper by : Howard E. McCurdy
Download or read book Faster, Better, Cheaper written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-12-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance.".
Book Synopsis Faster, Better, Cheaper by : Howard E. McCurdy
Download or read book Faster, Better, Cheaper written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This excellent summary of an important part of NASA’s history is recommended for all readers.” —Choice 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 sixteen missions undertaken as the twentieth century drew to a close—including an orbit of the moon, deployment of three space telescopes, four Earth-orbiting satellites, two rendezvous with comets and asteroids, and a test of an ion propulsion engine—which cost less than the sum traditionally spent on a single, conventionally planned planetary mission. He shows how these missions employed smaller spacecraft and cheaper technology to undertake less complex and more specific tasks in outer space. While the technological innovation and space exploration approach that McCurdy describes is still controversial, the historical perspective on its disappointments and triumphs points to ways of developing “faster, better, and cheaper” as a management manifesto. “Readers interested in either the management or economics of complex organizations will find a wealth of material in this well-written exposition. Fans of space travel, like the author himself, will also enjoy the behind-the-scenes look at NASA’s operation.” —Enterprise and Society
Book Synopsis Low-cost Innovation in Spaceflight by : Howard E. McCurdy
Download or read book Low-cost Innovation in Spaceflight written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Low Cost Innovation in Space Flight by : Howard E. McCurdy
Download or read book Low Cost Innovation in Space Flight written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a spring day in 1996, at their research center in the Maryland countryside, representatives from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) presented Administrator Daniel S. Goldin of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a check for $3.6 million. Two and a half years earlier, APL officials had agreed to develop a spacecraft capable of conducting an asteroid rendezvous and to do so for slightly more than $122 million. This was a remarkably low sum for a spacecraft due to conduct a planetary class mission. By contrast, the Mars Observer spacecraft launched in 1992 for an orbital rendezvous with the red planet had cost $479 million to develop, while the upcoming Cassini mission to Saturn required a spacecraft whose total cost was approaching $1.4 billion. In an Agency accustomed to cost overruns on major missions, the promise to build a planetary-class spacecraft for about $100 million seemed excessively optimistic.
Book Synopsis NASA Spaceflight by : Roger D. Launius
Download or read book NASA Spaceflight written by Roger D. Launius and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, risky history of such partnerships, exploring the role of AT&T in the early development of satellite technology, the connections between the Apollo program and Silicon Valley, the rise of SpaceX, and more. Some of these projects have succeeded, and some have failed; all have challenged conventional methods of doing the public’s business in space. Together, these essays offer new insights into how innovation happens, with invaluable lessons for policymakers, investors, economists, and members of the space community.
Book Synopsis Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight by : Howard E. McCurdy
Download or read book Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2005 as a volume in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.
Book Synopsis Low-cost Innovation in Spaceflight by : Howard E. McCurdy
Download or read book Low-cost Innovation in Spaceflight written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration by : Isecg
Download or read book Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration written by Isecg and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Implications of Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space by : Todd Harrison
Download or read book Implications of Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space written by Todd Harrison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the advent of the space age, a primary constraint on military, commercial, and civil space missions has been the cost of launch. Launching objects into space requires substantial investments in launch systems and infrastructure, which has restricted the market to only a handful of national governments and several large private companies. This study explores the possibility of a space industry significantly less constrained by the cost of access to space.
Book Synopsis Critical issues in the history of spaceflight by : Steven J. Dick
Download or read book Critical issues in the history of spaceflight written by Steven J. Dick and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2018 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis "Read You Loud and Clear!" by : Sunny Tsiao
Download or read book "Read You Loud and Clear!" written by Sunny Tsiao and published by History Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These accounts tell how international goodwill and foreign cooperation were crucial to the operation of the network and why the space agency chose to build the STDN the way it did. More than anything else, the story of NASA's STDN is about the "unsung heroes of the space program."
Author :National Aeronautics and Space Administration Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781493656530 Total Pages :86 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (565 download)
Book Synopsis Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight by : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Download or read book Low-Cost Innovation in Spaceflight written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a spring day in 1996, at their research center in the Maryland countryside, representatives from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) presented Administrator Daniel S. Goldin of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a check for $3.6 million. Two and a half years earlier, APL officials had agreed to develop a spacecraft capable of conducting an asteroid rendezvous and to do so for slightly more than $122 million. This was a remarkably low sum for a spacecraft due to conduct a planetary class mission. By contrast, the Mars Observer spacecraft launched in 1992 for an orbital rendezvous with the red planet had cost $479 million to develop, while the upcoming Cassini mission to Saturn required a spacecraft whose total cost was approaching $1.4 billion. In an Agency accustomed to cost overruns on major missions, the promise to build a planetary-class spacecraft for about $100 million seemed excessively optimistic.
Book Synopsis Innovation in Flight by : Joseph R. Chambers
Download or read book Innovation in Flight written by Joseph R. Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Robots in Space by : Roger D. Launius
Download or read book Robots in Space written by Roger D. Launius and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 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 resources, biological constraints, and the general hostility of space, what shape should we expect such expeditions to take? In Robots in Space, Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy tackle these seemingly fanciful questions with rigorous scholarship and disciplined imagination, jumping comfortably among the worlds of rocketry, engineering, public policy, and science fantasy to expound upon the possibilities and improbabilities involved in trekking across the Milky Way and beyond. They survey the literature—fictional as well as academic studies; outline the progress of space programs in the United States and other nations; and assess the current state of affairs to offer a conclusion startling only to those who haven't spent time with Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke: to traverse the cosmos, humans must embrace and entwine themselves with advanced robotic technologies. Their discussion is as entertaining as it is edifying and their assertions are as sound as they are fantastical. Rather than asking us to suspend disbelief, Robots in Space demands that we accept facts as they evolve.
Book Synopsis Stepping-Stones to the Future of Space Exploration by : National Research Council
Download or read book Stepping-Stones to the Future of Space Exploration written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-06-27 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) program within the Office of Space Flight has proposed a new framework for space technology and systems developmentâ€"Advanced Systems, Technology, Research, and Analysis (ASTRA) for future space flight capabilities. To assist in the development of this framework, NASA asked the National Research Council to convene a series of workshops on technology policy issues concerning the relationship of the various stakeholders in advancing human and robotic exploration and development of space. The first workshop, which is the topic of this report, focused on policy issues about the development and demonstration of space technologies. Four policy topicsâ€"selected by the project steering committee as the foci of this first workshopâ€"are discussed in the report: the rationale for human and robotic space exploration; technology as a driver for capability transformation; risk mitigation and perception; and international cooperation and competition.
Book Synopsis Yearbook on Space Policy 2011/2012 by : Cenan Al-Ekabi
Download or read book Yearbook on Space Policy 2011/2012 written by Cenan Al-Ekabi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public.
Book Synopsis A journey to inspire, innovate, and discover : report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy by :
Download or read book A journey to inspire, innovate, and discover : report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
