Into the black : JPL and the American space program, 1976-2004 / Peter J. Westwick.
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Westwick, Peter J. (författare)
- ISBN 978-0-300-11075-3 (cloth alk paper)
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2007.
- Engelska xviii, 392 s.
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Stäng
- 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.
Ämnesord
- Astronautics -- United States -- History. (LCSH)
- Astronautik -- Förenta Staterna -- Historia
Institutionsnamn
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- History.
Klassifikation
- 629.4072/079493 (DDC)
- Prde (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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