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Autore |
Temple L. Parker, III |
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Titolo |
Implosion : lessons from national security, high reliability spacecraft, electronics, and the forces which changed them / / L. Parker Temple |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2013] |
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[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2013] |
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ISBN |
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1-283-86940-3 |
1-118-48707-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (370 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Astronautics and state - United States |
National security - United States - History - 21st century |
Outer space Exploration United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of Figures vii -- List of Tables ix -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Program Names xvii -- Part I Activation Energy (1931-1968) -- 1. Washington . . . We Have a Problem . . . 3 -- 2. The Quantum Leap 6 -- 3. Preparation 21 -- 4. The Final Frontiers 29 -- 5. Minuteman Means Reliability 58 -- 6. Skinning Cats 68 -- Part II Startup Transient (1969-1980) -- 7. Changing the Sea State 87 -- 8. Space Parts: From A to S 93 -- 9. There's S, and Then There's S 122 -- 10. A Little Revolution Now and Then Is Good 140 -- 11. Quality on the Horizon 144 -- Part III Switching Transient (1980-1989) -- 12. Crossing the Operational Divide 153 -- 13. Stocking the Shelves 168 -- 14. Hammered 184 -- 15. Battlegrounds: Reorganization and Reform 187 -- 16. Implementing Change in a Changing World 207 -- Part IV Shorting To Ground (1989-2002) -- 17. Leap First, Look Later 231 -- 18. Hardly Standing PAT 248 -- Part V Resetting the Circuit Breakers -- 19. Brewing the Perfect Storm 277 -- 20. Summing the Parts 301 -- Epilogue: Can One Ever Truly Go Home Again? 309 -- Index 322 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Implosion is a focused study of the history and uses of high-reliability, solid-state electronics, military standards, and space systems that |
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support our national security and defense. This book is unique in combining the interdependent evolution of and interrelationships among military standards, solid-state electronics, and very high-reliability space systems. Starting with a brief description of the physics that enabled the development of the first transistor, Implosion covers the need for standardizing military electronics, which began during World War II and continu |
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