Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation.
2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA's International Program-The Ariel Case Study
3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology
4. The Other Side of Moore's Law-The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Mircoelectronics Revolution, 1962-1975
5. NASA's Mission Control Center-The Space Program's Capitol as Innovative Capital
6. Lessons of Landsat-From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969-1989
7. Selling the Space Shuttle-Early Developments
8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue-Re-purposing NASA's Spacecraft
9. Encouraging New Space Firms
10. The Discovery Program-Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration
11. Partnerships for Innovation-The X-33/VentureStar
12. Microgravity, Macro Investment-Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges through Managerial Innovation
12. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program-The Politics of Partnership
13. Conclusion-What Matters?
Synopsis
Provides the first-ever comprehensive history of NASA innovation Features leading experts on aerospace history, the history of technology, and space policyOffers numerous case studies showing how NASA has used partnerships, competition, and cost-sharing to encourage innovation and restrain costs