Heavenly ambitions : America's quest to dominate space / / Joan Johnson-Freese |
Autore | Johnson-Freese Joan |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.4/10973 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics and state - United States
Space race - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-89074-7
0-8122-0236-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Preface -- Chapter. One Space -- Chapter Two. The Evolution of U.S. Space Policy -- Chapter Three. Space Weapons -- Chapter Four. Strategic Communications -- Chapter Five. Diplomacy and Arms Control -- Chapter Six. Globalizing Space -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823893603321 |
Johnson-Freese Joan | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Implosion : lessons from national security, high reliability spacecraft, electronics, and the forces which changed them / / L. Parker Temple |
Autore | Temple L. Parker, III |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.38109 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DelaneyPatrick R |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics and state - United States
National security - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN |
1-283-86940-3
1-118-48707-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of Figures vii -- List of Tables ix -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Program Names xvii -- Part I Activation Energy (1931-1968) -- 1. Washington . . . We Have a Problem . . . 3 -- 2. The Quantum Leap 6 -- 3. Preparation 21 -- 4. The Final Frontiers 29 -- 5. Minuteman Means Reliability 58 -- 6. Skinning Cats 68 -- Part II Startup Transient (1969-1980) -- 7. Changing the Sea State 87 -- 8. Space Parts: From A to S 93 -- 9. There's S, and Then There's S 122 -- 10. A Little Revolution Now and Then Is Good 140 -- 11. Quality on the Horizon 144 -- Part III Switching Transient (1980-1989) -- 12. Crossing the Operational Divide 153 -- 13. Stocking the Shelves 168 -- 14. Hammered 184 -- 15. Battlegrounds: Reorganization and Reform 187 -- 16. Implementing Change in a Changing World 207 -- Part IV Shorting To Ground (1989-2002) -- 17. Leap First, Look Later 231 -- 18. Hardly Standing PAT 248 -- Part V Resetting the Circuit Breakers -- 19. Brewing the Perfect Storm 277 -- 20. Summing the Parts 301 -- Epilogue: Can One Ever Truly Go Home Again? 309 -- Index 322 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141359103321 |
Temple L. Parker, III | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Implosion : lessons from national security, high reliability spacecraft, electronics, and the forces which changed them / / L. Parker Temple |
Autore | Temple L. Parker, III |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.38109 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DelaneyPatrick R |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics and state - United States
National security - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN |
1-283-86940-3
1-118-48707-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of Figures vii -- List of Tables ix -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Program Names xvii -- Part I Activation Energy (1931-1968) -- 1. Washington . . . We Have a Problem . . . 3 -- 2. The Quantum Leap 6 -- 3. Preparation 21 -- 4. The Final Frontiers 29 -- 5. Minuteman Means Reliability 58 -- 6. Skinning Cats 68 -- Part II Startup Transient (1969-1980) -- 7. Changing the Sea State 87 -- 8. Space Parts: From A to S 93 -- 9. There's S, and Then There's S 122 -- 10. A Little Revolution Now and Then Is Good 140 -- 11. Quality on the Horizon 144 -- Part III Switching Transient (1980-1989) -- 12. Crossing the Operational Divide 153 -- 13. Stocking the Shelves 168 -- 14. Hammered 184 -- 15. Battlegrounds: Reorganization and Reform 187 -- 16. Implementing Change in a Changing World 207 -- Part IV Shorting To Ground (1989-2002) -- 17. Leap First, Look Later 231 -- 18. Hardly Standing PAT 248 -- Part V Resetting the Circuit Breakers -- 19. Brewing the Perfect Storm 277 -- 20. Summing the Parts 301 -- Epilogue: Can One Ever Truly Go Home Again? 309 -- Index 322 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830750703321 |
Temple L. Parker, III | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Implosion : lessons from national security, high reliability spacecraft, electronics, and the forces which changed them / / L. Parker Temple |
Autore | Temple L. Parker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : IEEE Press/Wiley, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.38109 |
Altri autori (Persone) | DelaneyPatrick R |
Soggetto topico |
Astronautics and state - United States
National security - United States - History - 21st century |
ISBN |
1-283-86940-3
1-118-48707-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | List of Figures vii -- List of Tables ix -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Program Names xvii -- Part I Activation Energy (1931-1968) -- 1. Washington . . . We Have a Problem . . . 3 -- 2. The Quantum Leap 6 -- 3. Preparation 21 -- 4. The Final Frontiers 29 -- 5. Minuteman Means Reliability 58 -- 6. Skinning Cats 68 -- Part II Startup Transient (1969-1980) -- 7. Changing the Sea State 87 -- 8. Space Parts: From A to S 93 -- 9. There's S, and Then There's S 122 -- 10. A Little Revolution Now and Then Is Good 140 -- 11. Quality on the Horizon 144 -- Part III Switching Transient (1980-1989) -- 12. Crossing the Operational Divide 153 -- 13. Stocking the Shelves 168 -- 14. Hammered 184 -- 15. Battlegrounds: Reorganization and Reform 187 -- 16. Implementing Change in a Changing World 207 -- Part IV Shorting To Ground (1989-2002) -- 17. Leap First, Look Later 231 -- 18. Hardly Standing PAT 248 -- Part V Resetting the Circuit Breakers -- 19. Brewing the Perfect Storm 277 -- 20. Summing the Parts 301 -- Epilogue: Can One Ever Truly Go Home Again? 309 -- Index 322 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877407703321 |
Temple L. Parker | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : IEEE Press/Wiley, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interim report on organizational and management structure for the national security space components of the Department of Defense : report to congressional defense committees / / Department of Defense |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Deparment of Defense, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (21 unnumbered pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Space security - Government policy - United States
National security - United States - Management Space control (Military science) - United States Astronautics and state - United States Astronautics, Military - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Interim report on organizational and management structure for the national security space components of the Department of Defense |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706993303321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : Deparment of Defense, , 2018 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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International space exploration programs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, April 27, 2004 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 51 pages) |
Collana | S. hrg. |
Soggetto topico | Astronautics and state - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | International space exploration programs |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704669003321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The International Space Station : addressing operational challenges : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, July 10, 2015 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 173 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico | Astronautics and state - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | International Space Station |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707130703321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The International Space Station : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, October 29, 2003 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 67 pages) : illustrations |
Collana | S. hrg. |
Soggetto topico | Astronautics and state - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | International Space Station |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707304403321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Into the unknown together : the DOD, NASA, and early spaceflight |
Autore | Erickson Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 667 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 629.4500973 |
Soggetto topico |
Manned space flight - History - Government policy - United States
Astronautics, Military - Government policy - United States Astronautics and state - United States Mechanical Engineering Engineering & Applied Sciences Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics |
ISBN | 1-4294-5552-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | DoD, NASA, and early spaceflight |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708124803321 |
Erickson Mark | ||
[Place of publication not identified], : Air University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Key issues and challenges facing NASA [[electronic resource] ] : views of the agency's watchdogs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, February 3, 2010 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 73 pages) |
Soggetto topico | Astronautics and state - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Key issues and challenges facing NASA |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703098203321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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