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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780192003321

Autore

McCurdy Howard E

Titolo

Faster, better, cheaper [[electronic resource] ] : low-cost innovation in the U.S. space program / / Howard E. McCurdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7287-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

New series in NASA history

Disciplina

629.4/068/1

Soggetti

Astronautics - United States - Cost control

Organizational effectiveness

Astronautics - Technological innovations

Outer space Exploration Cost control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 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; INDEX