Faster, Better, Cheaper

Howard E. McCurdy

ISBN 10: 0801877490 / ISBN 13: 9780801877490

Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press, US, 2003

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In Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details the sixteen missions undertaken during the 1990s-including an orbit of the moon, deployment of three space telescopes, four Earth-orbiting satellites, two rendezvous with comets and asteroids, and a test of an ion propulsion engine-which cost less than the sum traditionally spent on a single, conventionally planned planetary mission. He shows how these missions employed smaller spacecraft and cheaper technology to undertake less complex and more specific tasks in outer space. While the technological innovation and space exploration approach that McCurdy describes is still controversial, the historical perspective on its disappointments and triumphs points to ways of developing "faster, better, and cheaper" as a management manifesto.

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• Titolo: Faster, Better, Cheaper
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press, US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0801877490
• ISBN 13: 9780801877490
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: Revised ed.
• Condizione: New
• Dimensioni: 13,97 L x 1,19 A x 21,59 P centimetri 13,97 centimetri di larghezza per 1,19 centimetri di altezza per 21,59 centimetri di profondità
• Peso: 249 grammi

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In Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details the sixteen missions undertaken during the 1990s—including an orbit of the moon, deployment of three space telescopes, four Earth-orbiting satellites, two rendezvous with comets and asteroids, and a test of an ion propulsion engine—which cost less than the sum traditionally spent on a single, conventionally planned planetary mission. He shows how these missions employed smaller spacecraft and cheaper technology to undertake less complex and more specific tasks in outer space. While the technological innovation and space exploration approach that McCurdy describes is still controversial, the historical perspective on its disappointments and triumphs points to ways of developing "faster, better, and cheaper" as a management manifesto.

Informazioni sull?autore

Howard E. McCurdy is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University.