NASA Spaceflight: A History of Innovation (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1. Introduction: Partnerships for Innovation. 2. The Origins and Flagship Project of NASA's International Program-The Ariel Case Study 3. Global Instantaneous Telecommunications and the Development of Satellite Technology 4. The Other Side of Moore's Law-The Apollo Guidance Computer, the Integrated Circuit, and the Mircoelectronics Revolution, 1962-1975 5. NASA's Mission Control Center-The Space Program's Capitol as Innovative Capital 6. Lessons of Landsat-From Experimental Program to Commercial Land Imaging, 1969-1989 7. Selling the Space Shuttle-Early Developments 8. Something Borrowed, Something Blue-Re-purposing NASA's Spacecraft 9. Encouraging New Space Firms 10. The Discovery Program-Competition, Innovation, and Risk in Planetary Exploration 11. Partnerships for Innovation-The X-33/VentureStar 12. Microgravity, Macro Investment-Overcoming International Space Station Utilization Challenges through Managerial Innovation 12. NASA, Industry, and the Commercial Crew Development Program-The Politics of Partnership 13. Conclusion-What Matters?