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The Secret of Apollo - Systems Management in American and European Space Programs (Paperback, New edition): Stephen B. Johnson The Secret of Apollo - Systems Management in American and European Space Programs (Paperback, New edition)
Stephen B. Johnson
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space-exploration program? Stephen B. Johnson here explores the answer--systems management--in a groundbreaking study that involves Air Force planners, scientists, technical specialists, and, eventually, bureaucrats. Taking a comparative approach, Johnson focuses on the theory, or intellectual history, of "systems engineering" as such, its origins in the Air Force's Cold War ICBM efforts, and its migration to not only NASA but the European Space Agency.

Exploring the history and politics of aerospace development and weapons procurement, Johnson examines how scientists and engineers created the systems management process to coordinate large-scale technology development, and how managers and military officers gained control of that process. "Those funding the race demanded results," Johnson explains. "In response, development organizations created what few expected and what even fewer wanted--a bureaucracy for innovation. To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."

Introduction to System Health Engineering and Management in Aerospace (Paperback): Stephen B. Johnson Introduction to System Health Engineering and Management in Aerospace (Paperback)
Stephen B. Johnson; Created by Nasa Technical Reports Server (Ntrs)
R362 R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Save R71 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some types of documents include conference papers, research reports, meeting papers, journal articles and more. This is one of those documents.

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