Into the black : JPL and the American space program, 1976-2004 /

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In the decades since the mid-1970s, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has led the quest to explore the farthest reaches of the solar system. JPL spacecraft, including Voyager, Magellan, Galileo, and the Mars rovers, have brought the planets into close view. JPL satellites and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westwick, Peter J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Astronautics > United States > History.
Astronautique > États-Unis > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.
HISTORY > General.
Astronautics
United States
JSTOR-DDA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History
Astronautics > United States > History
Multi-User.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1. The inheritance
  • pt. 1. Acclaim and agitation : the Murray years, 1976-1982
  • 2. Planetary exploration triumphant
  • 3. Planetary exploration in extremis
  • 4. External relations and the internal environment
  • 5. Diversification
  • 6. Return to the military
  • 7. Space technology
  • pt. 2. Restoration : the Allen years, 1982-1991
  • 8. The rise and decline of defense programs
  • 9. The dividends of defense programs
  • 10. Space and earth science
  • 11. JPL under Allen
  • 12. Recovery of flight projects
  • 13. Voyager redux, Galileo, and Magellan
  • pt. 3. Beyond the Cold War : the stone years, 1991-2001
  • 14. Faster, better, cheaper
  • 15. Reengineering JPL
  • 16. The tilting triangle and commercialization
  • 17. A break in the storm
  • 18. Annus miserabilis
  • 19. Epilogue, 2001-2004
  • 20. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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