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Overview"Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details the 16 missions undertaken during the 1990s - 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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Howard E. McCurdy (American University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9780801877490ISBN 10: 0801877490 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 24 December 2003 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents: List of Boxes Acknowledgments 1 - The Reform 2 - The Nature of the Challenge 3 - Cost Control 4 - The Philosophy 5 - Mars Pathfinder 6 - Organization 7 - Technology 8 - Risk and Reliability 9 - Future Implications Notes IndexReviewsIt is an engaging story, and the book itself is small enough for bedtime reading. -- Satellite Evolution Group Author InformationHoward E. McCurdy is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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