| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Lori Garver -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Curiosity: Seven Minutes of Terror -- CHAPTER 2: Red Moon -- CHAPTER 3: Riding the Fire: The X-15 -- CHAPTER 4: First to Mars: Mariner 4 -- CHAPTER 5: Swimming in Space -- CHAPTER 6: The Day NASA Grew Up: Apollo 1 -- CHAPTER 7: The Bug -- CHAPTER 8: Taming the Dragon: The F-1 Rocket Engine -- CHAPTER 9: The Big Squeeze: The Saturn V's Incredible Second Stage -- CHAPTER 10: A Daring Gambit: Apollo 8 -- CHAPTER 11: Apollo 11: Center of Gravity |
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CHAPTER 12: Tomorrowland: Saving Skylab -- CHAPTER 13: Project Viking: Looking for Life on Mars -- CHAPTER 14: Into the Great Darkness: Voyager's Incredible Journey -- CHAPTER 15: Compromise 101: The Space Shuttle-Doing More for Less -- CHAPTER 16: Buck Rogers: The International Space Station -- CHAPTER 17: NewSpace: Capitalism Shining Bright -- CHAPTER 18: Coming Home: Bringing NASA's Lessons to Your Business -- Index |
| Summary |
-- -- -- -- -- -- "From building rocket engines to exploring Mars and beyond, Rod Pyle has written a very readable and eminently practical volume that documents the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned from NASA's storied history. To read it is to be inspired to recreate in today's challenging world NASA's daring, boldness and passion.""Fuel your inspiration with this fascinating book explaining the key lessons of NASA's innovation and exploration of space. Pyle's meaingful insights willimprove your business."--LUKAS VIGLIETTI, President, Swissapollo, Swiss Space Association |
| Notes |
Electronic book |
| Subject |
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History
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| SUBJECT |
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration fast |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Case studies
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Creative thinking -- Case studies
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Creative thinking
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Technological innovations
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
3M Company.
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| ISBN |
9780071829144 |
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0071829148 |
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