Overview
- Provides the first-ever comprehensive history of NASA innovation
- Features leading experts on aerospace history, the history of technology, and space policy
- Offers numerous case studies showing how NASA has used partnerships, competition, and cost-sharing to encourage innovation and restrain costs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology (PSHST)
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Keywords
- NASA and US politics
- economics of the space race
- innovation and space technology in the 20th century
- spaceflight and economic policy
- aeronautical and astronautical economics
- development of satellite technology
- history of the Apollo Guidance Computer
- NASA and the history of computing
- history of Landsat
- history of the Discovery Program
- management of the International Space Station
- civil space policy
- public-private partnerships in space policy
- us politics
Table of contents (14 chapters)
Reviews
“This book is a virtual singularity. Launius and McCurdy are the gold standard of space history and space policy scholarship, and they have assembled a notable group of historians and policy analysts to trace NASA’s role in the development of high technology. They offer fascinating commentary on what has been done to date, as well as an indispensable reference for managers, administrators, and practitioners planning the next stage in America’s space enterprise. Pointing to future trends in aerospace policy and scholarship, it will be an authority for decades to come.” (Richard P. Hallion, Florida Polytechnic University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Howard E. McCurdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, USA. He is the author of numerous works on the national space program, including Inside NASA (1993), Faster, Better, Cheaper (2001), and Space and the American Imagination (rev. ed. 2011).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: NASA Spaceflight
Book Subtitle: A History of Innovation
Editors: Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60113-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60112-0Published: 23 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86781-6Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60113-7Published: 11 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 402
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Science, US History, Public Policy, US Politics, Economic Policy