NASA spaceflight : a history of innovation / / editors, Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy |
Edizione | [First edition 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 402 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 509 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
Soggetto topico |
Space flight - History
Space flight - Technological innovations - History |
ISBN | 3-319-60113-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation -- 2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA's International Program—The Ariel Case Study -- 3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology -- 4. The Other Side of Moore's Law—The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Mircoelectronics Revolution, 1962–1975 -- 5. NASA's Mission Control Center—The Space Program's Capitol as Innovative Capital -- 6. Lessons of Landsat—From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969–1989 -- 7. Selling the Space Shuttle—Early Developments -- 8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue—Re-purposing NASA's Spacecraft -- 9. Encouraging New Space Firms -- 10. The Discovery Program—Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration -- 11. Partnerships for Innovation—The X-33/VentureStar -- 12. Microgravity, Macro Investment—Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges through Managerial Innovation -- 12. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program—The Politics of Partnership -- 13. Conclusion—What Matters? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299810703321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revisiting Waldo's administrative state [[electronic resource] ] : constancy and change in public administration / / David H. Rosenbloom and Howard E. McCurdy, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 351.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RosenbloomDavid H
McCurdyHoward E |
Collana | Public management and change series |
Soggetto topico |
Public administration
Organizational change - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-58901-407-3
1-4356-2747-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dwight Waldo's The administrative state / David H. Rosenbloom and Howard E. McCurdy -- The material background / Donald F. Kettl -- The cultural and ideological background / Howard E. McCurdy -- The criteria of action / Norma M. Riccucci -- Who should rule? / Patricia W. Ingraham -- The separation of powers / David H. Rosenbloom -- The thinning of administrative institutions / Larry D. Terry -- Competition for human capital / John Cadigan -- Business and government / Barbara S. Romzek -- Institutional values and the future administrative state / Robert F. Durant -- Additional notes on the present tendencies / Howard E. McCurdy and David H. Rosenbloom. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451803203321 |
Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revisiting Waldo's administrative state [[electronic resource] ] : constancy and change in public administration / / David H. Rosenbloom and Howard E. McCurdy, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 351.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RosenbloomDavid H
McCurdyHoward E |
Collana | Public management and change series |
Soggetto topico |
Public administration
Organizational change - United States |
ISBN |
1-58901-407-3
1-4356-2747-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dwight Waldo's The administrative state / David H. Rosenbloom and Howard E. McCurdy -- The material background / Donald F. Kettl -- The cultural and ideological background / Howard E. McCurdy -- The criteria of action / Norma M. Riccucci -- Who should rule? / Patricia W. Ingraham -- The separation of powers / David H. Rosenbloom -- The thinning of administrative institutions / Larry D. Terry -- Competition for human capital / John Cadigan -- Business and government / Barbara S. Romzek -- Institutional values and the future administrative state / Robert F. Durant -- Additional notes on the present tendencies / Howard E. McCurdy and David H. Rosenbloom. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778227503321 |
Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revisiting Waldo's administrative state : constancy and change in public administration / / David H. Rosenbloom and Howard E. McCurdy, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 351.73 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RosenbloomDavid H
McCurdyHoward E |
Collana | Public management and change series |
Soggetto topico |
Public administration
Organizational change - United States |
ISBN |
1-58901-407-3
1-4356-2747-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dwight Waldo's The administrative state / David H. Rosenbloom and Howard E. McCurdy -- The material background / Donald F. Kettl -- The cultural and ideological background / Howard E. McCurdy -- The criteria of action / Norma M. Riccucci -- Who should rule? / Patricia W. Ingraham -- The separation of powers / David H. Rosenbloom -- The thinning of administrative institutions / Larry D. Terry -- Competition for human capital / John Cadigan -- Business and government / Barbara S. Romzek -- Institutional values and the future administrative state / Robert F. Durant -- Additional notes on the present tendencies / Howard E. McCurdy and David H. Rosenbloom. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814766003321 |
Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Robots in space [[electronic resource] ] : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy |
Autore | Launius Roger D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McCurdyHoward E |
Collana | New series in NASA history |
Soggetto topico |
Robots
Space robotics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8018-9844-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457034203321 |
Launius Roger D | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Robots in space [[electronic resource] ] : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy |
Autore | Launius Roger D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McCurdyHoward E |
Collana | New series in NASA history |
Soggetto topico |
Robots
Space robotics |
ISBN | 0-8018-9844-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781018403321 |
Launius Roger D | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy |
Autore | Launius Roger D |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McCurdyHoward E |
Collana | New series in NASA history |
Soggetto topico |
Robots
Space robotics |
ISBN | 0-8018-9844-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815586603321 |
Launius Roger D | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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