Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program
In Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details the sixteen missions undertaken during the 1990s--including an orbit of the moon, deployment of three space telescopes, four Earth-orbiting satellites, two rendezvous with comets and asteroids, and a test of an ion propulsion engine--which cost less than the sum traditionally spent on a single, conventionally planned planetary mission. He shows how these missions employed smaller spacecraft and cheaper technology to undertake less complex an…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8018-7749-0
- EAN: 9780801877490
- Produktnummer: 9734934
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H21.8 cm x B14.2 cm x D3.2 cm 262 g
- Auflage: Revised
- Gewicht: 262
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
Über den Autor
Howard E. McCurdy is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University.
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