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Genre/Form: | Online-Ressource |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger D Launius; Howard E McCurdy |
ISBN: | 9783319601137 331960113X |
OCLC Number: | 1026401838 |
Description: | 1 Online-Ressource. |
Contents: | 1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation.2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA's International Program-The Ariel Case Study3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology4. The Other Side of Moore's Law-The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Mircoelectronics Revolution, 1962-19755. NASA's Mission Control Center-The Space Program's Capitol as Innovative Capital6. Lessons of Landsat-From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969-19897. Selling the Space Shuttle-Early Developments8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue-Re-purposing NASA's Spacecraft9. Encouraging New Space Firms10. The Discovery Program-Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration11. Partnerships for Innovation-The X-33/VentureStar12. Microgravity, Macro Investment-Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges through Managerial Innovation12. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program-The Politics of Partnership13. Conclusion-What Matters? |
Series Title: | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
Responsibility: | edited by Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy. |
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