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Faster, better, cheaper : low-cost innovation in the U.S. space program / Howard E. McCurdy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCurdy, Howard E.
- Series:
- New series in NASA history.
- New series in NASA history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- United States.
- Astronautics--United States--Cost control.
- Astronautics.
- Organizational effectiveness.
- Astronautics--Technological innovations.
- Outer space--Exploration--Cost control.
- Outer space.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While the technological innovation and space exploration approach that McCurdy describes is still controversial, the historical perspective on its disappointments and triumphs points to ways of developing "faster, better, and cheaperas a management manifesto.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; 1 THE REFORM; 2 THE NATURE OF THE CHALLENGE; 3 COST CONTROL; 4 THE PHILOSOPHY; 5 MARS PATHFINDER; 6 ORGANIZATION; 7 TECHNOLOGY; 8 RISK AND RELIABILITY; 9 FUTURE IMPLICATIONS; NOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7287-1
- OCLC:
- 923191613
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