Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and ApplicationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Future Space Programs, 1981
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and ApplicationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
NASA and the Space Industry
Author: Joan Lisa BrombergPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801865329
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Few federal agencies have more extensive ties to the private sector than NASA. NASA's relationships with its many aerospace industry suppliers of rocket engines, computers, electronics, gauges, valves, O-rings, and other materials have often been described as "partnerships." These have produced a few memorable catastrophes, but mostly technical achievements of the highest order. Until now, no one has written extensively about them. In NASA and the Space Industry, Joan Lisa Bromberg explores how NASA's relationship with the private sector developed and how it works. She outlines the various kinds of expertise public and private sectors brought to the tasks NASA took on, describing how this division of labor changed over time. She explains why NASA sometimes encouraged and sometimes thwarted the privatization of space projects and describes the agency's role in the rise of such new space industries as launch vehicles and communications satellites.
DEVM SPACE SHUTTLE
Author: Heppenheimer TaPublisher: Smithsonian
ISBN: 9781588340092
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Suddenly, Tomorrow Came
Author: Henry C. DethloffPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320871
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
As the astronauts' home base and the site of Mission Control, the Johnson Space Center has witnessed some of the most triumphant moments in American history. Spanning initiatives from the 1960s to 1993, this illustrated volume traces the center's history, starting with its origins at the beginning of the space race in the late 1950s. Thrilling, authoritative accounts explain the development and achievements of the early space voyages; the lunar landing; the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs; and the space shuttles and international space station. As astronaut Donald K. Slayton notes in his Foreword, this chronicle emphasizes the cooperation of "humans on space and on the ground. It realistically balances the role of the highly visible astronaut with the mammoth supporting team." An official NASA publication, Suddenly, Tomorrow Came is profusely illustrated with forty-four figures and tables, plus sixty-three photographs. Historian Paul Dickson brings the narrative up to date with an informative new Introduction.
Soviet Space Programs, 1976-80 (with Supplementary Data Through 1983)
Author: Social Sciences and Space Exploration
Author: The Post-Apollo Space Program: Directions for the Future
Author: United States. Space Task GroupPublisher:
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Upgrading the Space Shuttle
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309063825
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The space shuttle is a unique national resource. One of only two operating vehicles that carries humans into space, the space shuttle functions as a scientific laboratory and as a base for construction, repair, and salvage missions in low Earth orbit. It is also a heavy-lift launch vehicle (able to deliver more than 18,000 kg of payload to low Earth orbit) and the only current means of returning large payloads to Earth. Designed in the 1970s, the shuttle has frequently been upgraded to improve safety, cut operational costs, and add capability. Additional upgrades have been proposed-and some are under way-to combat obsolescence, further reduce operational costs, improve safety, and increase the ability of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the space station and other missions. In May 1998, NASA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to examine the agency's plans for further upgrades to the space shuttle system. The NRC was asked to assess NASA's method for evaluating and selecting upgrades and to conduct a top-level technical assessment of proposed upgrades.
NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1980
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
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