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Author:   Roger D. Launius ,  Howard E. McCurdy
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   6.518kg
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9783319601120

ISBN 10:   3319601121
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   23 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation.- 2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA's International Program—The Ariel Case Study.- 3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology.- 4. The Other Side of Moore's Law—The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Mircoelectronics Revolution, 1962–1975.- 5. NASA's Mission Control Center—The Space Program's Capitol as Innovative Capital.- 6. Lessons of Landsat—From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969–1989.- 7. Selling the Space Shuttle—Early Developments.- 8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue—Re-purposing NASA's Spacecraft.- 9. Encouraging New Space Firms.- 10. The Discovery Program—Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration.- 11. Partnerships for Innovation—The X-33/VentureStar.- 12. Microgravity, Macro Investment—Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges through Managerial Innovation.- 12. NASA, Industry, and the CommercialCrew Development Program—The Politics of Partnership.- 13. Conclusion—What Matters?

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Roger D. Launius has written or edited more than thirty books on aerospace history, most recently Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce (2014), and Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned (2013). Howard E. McCurdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, USA. He is the author of numerous works on the national space program, including Inside NASA (1993), Faster, Better, Cheaper (2001), and Space and the American Imagination (rev. ed. 2011).

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