The secret of Apollo : systems management in American and European space programs

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How does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space-exploration program? Stephen B. Johnson here explores the answer -- systems management -- in a groundbreaking study that involves Air Force planners, scientists, technical specialists, and, eventually, bureaucr...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Johnson, Stephen B., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
Series:New series in NASA history.
Subjects:
Astronautics, Military > United States > Management.
Astronautics > United States > Management.
Astronautics, Military > Europe > Management.
Astronautics > Europe > Management.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: management and the control of research and development
  • Social and technical issues of spaceflight
  • Creating concurrency
  • From concurrency to systems management
  • JPL's journey from missiles to space
  • Organizing the manned space program
  • Organizing ELDO for failure
  • ESRO's American bridge across the management gap
  • Coordination and control of high-tech research and development.

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