Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program

by Howard E. McCurdy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801877490
• ISBN13: 9780801877490
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher