02646nam 2200709Ia 450 991096344460332120251116160309.00-8018-7287-1(CKB)111056486618334(EBL)3318213(OCoLC)923191613(SSID)ssj0000474781(PQKBManifestationID)12149432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474781(PQKBWorkID)10455667(PQKB)10463016(SSID)ssj0000153635(PQKBManifestationID)11178375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153635(PQKBWorkID)10405820(PQKB)11708472(MiAaPQ)EBC3318213(Au-PeEL)EBL3318213(CaPaEBR)ebr10021697(MiAaPQ)EBC30378417(Au-PeEL)EBL30378417(OCoLC)1564378979(EXLCZ)9911105648661833420001108d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFaster, better, cheaper low-cost innovation in the U.S. space program /Howard E. McCurdy1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20011 online resource (191 p.)New series in NASA historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-7749-0 0-8018-6720-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXWhile 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.New series in NASA history.AstronauticsUnited StatesCost controlOrganizational effectivenessAstronauticsTechnological innovationsOuter spaceExplorationCost controlAstronauticsCost control.Organizational effectiveness.AstronauticsTechnological innovations.629.4/068/1McCurdy Howard E1110254MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963444603321Faster, better, cheaper4476994UNINA