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200 10$aReinventing NASA$b[electronic resource] $ehuman space flight, bureaucracy, and politics /$fRoger Handberg
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (292 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aFrom 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 ch
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