Roger D. (Hrsg.) Launius

NASA Spaceflight

A History of Innovation

Buch

This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space travel itself. Twelve case studies trace the messy, risky history of such partnerships, exploring the role of AT&T in the early development of satellite technology, the connections between the Apollo program and Silicon Valley, the rise of SpaceX, and more. Some of these projects have succeeded, and some have failed; all have challenged conventional methods of doing the public's business in space.… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: McCurdy, Howard E. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-60112-0
EAN: 9783319601120
Produktnummer: 22947672
Verlag: Springer Nature EN
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 402 S.
Masse: 1 Ex.; H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm 6'518 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Abbildungen: Book; schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Tabellen, farbig
Gewicht: 6518
Sonstiges: Research

Über den Autor

Roger D. Launius has written or edited more than thirty books on aerospace history, most recently Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce (2014), and Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned (2013).Howard E. McCurdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, USA. He is the author of numerous works on the national space program, including Inside NASA (1993), Faster, Better, Cheaper (2001), and Space and the American Imagination (rev. ed. 2011).