02718nam 22005534a 450 991045124710332120200520144314.01-280-34891-797866103489160-313-01613-5(CKB)1000000000444081(EBL)491905(OCoLC)57379964(SSID)ssj0000235179(PQKBManifestationID)11227675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235179(PQKBWorkID)10243169(PQKB)11698710(MiAaPQ)EBC491905(Au-PeEL)EBL491905(CaPaEBR)ebr10347809(CaONFJC)MIL34891(EXLCZ)99100000000044408120021211d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReinventing NASA[electronic resource] human space flight, bureaucracy, and politics /Roger HandbergWestport, Conn. Praeger20031 online resource (292 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-97002-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 NASA and Defining the Dream; 2 In the Beginning; 3 An Imploding Agency: Post-Challenger Blues; 4 Inadvertent Political Catalyst: The Space Station Freedom; 5 Fixing Space Launch; 6 ""Faster, Better, Cheaper?""; 7 Reinventing Government: Efficiency Comes to NASA; 8 Organizational Change as Goal-Directed Behavior; 9 The Future of NASA; Afterword: Columbia and the Future; Appendix: Outlays for Space; Selected References; IndexFrom its beginnings, NASA was convinced that its real mission was to create the opportunity for a much different and better society on Earth, namely through human space flight. Pursuit of such a goal has led the agency to persist in certain activities even when they conflict with the wishes of Congress and the President. Recent changes in the international environment, changes that began well before September 11, 2001, have brought the military back into the field of human space flight, a situation that holds certain hazards for NASA since the military is more powerful politically. Dramatic chAstronauticsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.AstronauticsPolitical aspects354.79Handberg Roger862952MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451247103321Reinventing NASA1926439UNINA