Title Faster, better, cheaper : low-cost innovation in the U.S. space program / Howard E. McCurdy

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) Series New series in NASA history New series in NASA history. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SUBJECT United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration fast Subject Astronautics -- United States -- Cost control Organizational effectiveness. Astronautics -- Technological innovations TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics. Astronautics -- Cost control Astronautics -- Technological innovations Organizational effectiveness SUBJECT Outer space -- Exploration -- Cost control Subject Outer space United States Form Electronic book ISBN 0801872871 9780801872877 0801867207 9780801867200

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