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Reinventing NASA : human space flight, bureaucracy, and politics /
From its beginnings, NASA was convinced that its real mission was to create the opportunity for a much different and better society on Earth, namely through human space flight. Pursuit of such a goal has led the agency to persist in certain activities even when they conflict with the wishes of Congr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- REINVENTING NASA
- Contents
- Illustrations
- TABLES
- FIGURES
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 NASA and Defining the Dream
- INTRODUCTION
- THE DREAM 4
- SOURCES OF INFORMATION
- EXPLAINING NASA
- STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
- ORGANIZATION OF THE DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 2 In the Beginning
- INTRODUCTION
- RISING OUT OF NATIONAL HUMILIATION
- APOLLO AS THE FALSE DAWN
- POST-APOLLO APPLICATIONS PROGRAM AND SKYLAB
- SPACE TASK GROUP
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 3 An Imploding Agency: Post-Challenger Blues
- INTRODUCTION
- A FRAGILE NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM
- CONFRONTING THE NEW WORLD
- REFOCUSING ON FUNDAMENTALS
- SEEKING THE FUTURE
- NOTES
- 4 Inadvertent Political Catalyst: The Space Station Freedom
- INTRODUCTION
- BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
- BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP
- APPROVING THE "NEXT LOGICAL STEP"
- REDESIGNING AWAY THE FUTURE
- BEYOND 1993 AND INTO THE FUTURE
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 5 Fixing Space Launch
- INTRODUCTION
- SPACE LAUNCH AS LEGACY
- A NEW START?
- REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES
- MOVING ON
- SPACE LAUNCH INITIATIVE
- SPACE TRANSPORTATION AS TAR BABY 49
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 6 "Faster, Better, Cheaper?"
- INTRODUCTION
- SPACE SCIENCE AS THE FIRST STEP
- FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER
- BUILDING THE CASE
- NOTES
- 7 Reinventing Government: Efficiency Comes to NASA
- INTRODUCTION 1
- THERE IS NO MONEY
- REFORMING NASA
- ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
- OTHER INTERNAL EFFICIENCY MEASURES
- REVIEWING THE EFFORT
- NOTES
- 8 Organizational Change as Goal-Directed Behavior
- INTRODUCTION
- DIVERSE AND CONFLICTING AGENDAS
- SEIZING THE FUTURE
- BUREAUCRATIC AUTONOMY
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 9 The Future of NASA
- INTRODUCTION
- PICKING UP THE HISTORICAL THREAD
- NASA'S PAST AS PROLOGUE
- INTRODUCING THE FUTURE
- NASA'S FATE
- SURVIVING IN THE JUNGLE
- INTERNATIONAL SPACE-SLOW AND INCREMENTAL
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- Afterword
- NOTES
- Appendix
- Selected References
- Index
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.