04046nam 2200709Ia 450 991078003660332120220914171254.00-8018-7618-4(CKB)111056486620440(EBL)3318181(OCoLC)923191549(SSID)ssj0000242971(PQKBManifestationID)11173502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242971(PQKBWorkID)10322050(PQKB)10195016(SSID)ssj0000474958(PQKBManifestationID)11280342(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474958(PQKBWorkID)10455316(PQKB)10855388(OCoLC)51504397(MdBmJHUP)muse2499(Au-PeEL)EBL3318181(CaPaEBR)ebr10021656(MiAaPQ)EBC3318181(EXLCZ)9911105648662044020010918d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe secret of Apollo systems management in American and European space programs /Stephen B. JohnsonBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20021 online resource (xvii, 290 pages) illustrationsNew series in NASA historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-8542-6 0-8018-6898-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction: Management and the Control of Research and Development; Chapter 1 - Social and Technical Issues of Spaceflight; Chapter 2 - Creating Concurrency; Chapter 3 - From Concurrency to Systems Management; Chapter 4 - JPL's Journey from Missiles to Space; Chapter 5 - Organizing the Manned Space Program; Chapter 6 - Organizing ELDO for Failure; Chapter 7 - ESRO's American Bridge across the Management Gap; Chapter 8 - Coordination and Control of High-Tech Research and Development; NotesEssay on Sources IndexHow does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space-exploration program? Stephen B. Johnson here explores the answer -- systems management -- in a groundbreaking study that involves Air Force planners, scientists, technical specialists, and, eventually, bureaucrats. Taking a comparative approach, Johnson focuses on the theory, or intellectual history, of "systems engineering" as such, its origins in the Air Force's Cold War ICBM efforts, and its migration to not only NASA but the European Space Agency. Exploring the history and politics of aerospace development and weapons procurement, Johnson examines how scientists and engineers created the systems management process to coordinate large-scale technology development, and how managers and military officers gained control of that process. "Those funding the race demanded results," Johnson explains. "In response, development organizations created what few expected and what even fewer wanted -- a bureaucracy for innovation. To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."New series in NASA history.Astronautics, MilitaryUnited StatesManagementAstronauticsUnited StatesManagementAstronautics, MilitaryEuropeManagementAstronauticsEuropeManagementAstronautics, MilitaryManagement.AstronauticsManagement.Astronautics, MilitaryManagement.AstronauticsManagement.629.4/0973Johnson Stephen B.1959-858884MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780036603321The secret of Apollo3776608UNINA