1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963444603321

Autore

McCurdy Howard E

Titolo

Faster, better, cheaper : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 cheaperas a management manifesto.