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The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs
Taschenbuch von Stephen B. Johnson
Sprache: Englisch

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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, bureaucrats. Taking a comparative approach, Johnson focuses on the theory, or intellectual history, of "systems engineering" as such, its origins in the Air Force's Cold War ICBM efforts, and its migration to not only NASA but the European Space Agency.
Exploring the history and politics of aerospace development and weapons procurement, Johnson examines how scientists and engineers created the systems management process to coordinate large-scale technology development, and how managers and military officers gained control of that process. "Those funding the race demanded results," Johnson explains. "In response, development organizations created what few expected and what even fewer wanted--a bureaucracy for innovation. To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."
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, bureaucrats. Taking a comparative approach, Johnson focuses on the theory, or intellectual history, of "systems engineering" as such, its origins in the Air Force's Cold War ICBM efforts, and its migration to not only NASA but the European Space Agency.
Exploring the history and politics of aerospace development and weapons procurement, Johnson examines how scientists and engineers created the systems management process to coordinate large-scale technology development, and how managers and military officers gained control of that process. "Those funding the race demanded results," Johnson explains. "In response, development organizations created what few expected and what even fewer wanted--a bureaucracy for innovation. To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."
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Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: New Series in NASA History|New NASA History
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780801885426
ISBN-10: 0801885426
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Johnson, Stephen B.
Hersteller: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PR
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: 20 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white
Maße: 227 x 153 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen B. Johnson
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2006
Gewicht: 0,449 kg
Artikel-ID: 132605855
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: New Series in NASA History|New NASA History
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780801885426
ISBN-10: 0801885426
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Johnson, Stephen B.
Hersteller: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PR
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: 20 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white
Maße: 227 x 153 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen B. Johnson
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2006
Gewicht: 0,449 kg
Artikel-ID: 132605855
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