Implosion : lessons from national security, high reliability spacecraft, electronics, and the forces which changed them / / L. Parker Temple

• Autore: Temple L. Parker
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : IEEE Press/Wiley, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.38109
• Soggetto topico: Astronautics and state - United States; National security - United States - History - 21st century
• Soggetto geografico: Outer space Exploration United States
• Altri autori: DelaneyPatrick R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Implosion is a focused study of the history and uses of high-reliability, solid-state electronics, military standards, and space systems that support our national security and defense. This book is unique in combining the interdependent evolution of and interrelationships among military standards, solid-state electronics, and very high-reliability space systems. Starting with a brief description of the physics that enabled the development of the first transistor, Implosion covers the need for standardizing military electronics, which began during World War II and continu
• Titolo autorizzato: Implosion
• ISBN: 1-283-86940-3; 1-118-48707-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911020041103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II