03670nam 22006735 450 991030040430332120200704114913.03-319-17792-310.1007/978-3-319-17792-2(CKB)3710000000444378(EBL)3567611(SSID)ssj0001534648(PQKBManifestationID)11891366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001534648(PQKBWorkID)11498111(PQKB)10970149(DE-He213)978-3-319-17792-2(MiAaPQ)EBC3567611(PPN)18768927X(EXLCZ)99371000000044437820150707d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCountdown to a Moon Launch Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey /by Jonathan H. Ward1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (452 p.)Space ExplorationIncludes index.3-319-17791-5 Thousands of workers labored at Kennedy Space Center around the clock, seven days a week, for half a year to prepare a mission for the liftoff of Apollo 11. This is the story of what went on during those hectic six months. Countdown to a Moon Launch provides an in-depth look at the carefully choreographed workflow for an Apollo mission at KSC. Using the Apollo 11 mission as an example, readers will learn what went on day by day to transform partially completed stages and crates of parts into a ready-to-fly Saturn V. Firsthand accounts of launch pad accidents, near misses, suspected sabotage, and last-minute changes to hardware are told by more than 70 NASA employees and its contractors. A companion to Rocket Ranch, it includes many diagrams and photographs, some never before published, to illustrate all aspects of the process. NASA’s groundbreaking use of computers for testing and advanced management techniques are also covered in detail. This book will demystify the question of how NASA could build and launch Apollo missions using 1960s technology. You’ll discover that there was no magic involved – just an abundance of discipline, willpower, and creativity.Space ExplorationAerospace engineeringAstronauticsHistorySoftware engineeringComputer-aided engineeringAerospace Technology and Astronauticshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050History of Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I14002Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Designhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I23044Aerospace engineering.Astronautics.History.Software engineering.Computer-aided engineering.Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.History of Science.Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.629.45Ward Jonathan Hauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut792261BOOK9910300404303321Countdown to a Moon Launch1771527UNINA02926oam 22005055 450 991095781510332120241001165035.09781464812705146481270510.1596/978-1-4648-1258-3(CKB)4100000005387687(MiAaPQ)EBC5473307(The World Bank)211258(US-djbf)211258(Perlego)1484037(EXLCZ)99410000000538768720020129d2018 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRaising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean /María Marta Ferreyra and Mark Roberts, editorsWashington, D.C. :The World Bank,2018.©20181 online resource (218 pages)Latin America and Caribbean Studies9781464812583 1464812586 With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world's richest countries.Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is about the productivity of cities in LAC and the factors that help to explain its determination. Based on original empirical research, the report documents the high levels of population density and other features of LAC cities that mark them out from those in the rest of the world. The report also studies the role of three key factors - urban form, skills, and access to markets - in determining the productivity of LAC cities. It shows that while excessive congestion forces and inadequate metropolitan coordination seem to be stifling the benefits of agglomeration, LAC cities benefit from strong human capital externalities. It also finds that, within individual LAC countries, cities are poorly integrated with one another, which contributes to large differences in performance across cities and undermines their aggregate contribution to productivity at the national level.World Bank e-Library.Cities and townsLatin AmericaCaribbean AreafastLatin AmericafastCities and towns307.76098Ferreyra Maria MartaRoberts Mark1974-DJBFDJBFUkOxUBOOK9910957815103321Raising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean4355040UNINA