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You searched IISERK - Author: Sloot, Hans van der.
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629.1
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Author
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Slotkin, Arthur L. author.
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Title
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Doing the Impossible [electronic resource] : George E. Mueller and the Management of NASA’s Human Spaceflight Program / by Arthur L. Slotkin.
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Material Info.
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XXV, 306 p. 20 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.
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Springer Praxis Books
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Springer Praxis Books
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Summary Note
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This excellent account of one of the most important personalities in early American human spaceflight history describes for the first time how George E. Mueller, the system manager of the human spaceflight program of the 1960s, applied the SPO methodology and other special considerations, resulting in the success of the Apollo Program. While Wernher von Braun and others did not really readily accept Mueller's approach to system management, they later acknowledged that without it NASA would not have landed astronauts on the Moon by 1969. While Apollo remained Mueller's top priority, from his earliest days at the agency he promoted a robust post-Apollo program, which culminated in Skylab, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station. As a result of these efforts, Mueller earned the sobriquet: "the father of the Space Shuttle."
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Illustrations -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Reorganizing -- Chapter 2: Program management -- Chapter 3: Getting Ready -- Chapter 4: Resuming Flight -- Chapter 5: Learning, developing, and planning -- Chapter 6: Peaks and valleys -- Chapter 7: Recovery -- Chapter 8: All-up testing -- Chapter 9: Orbiting the Moon -- Chapter 10: A railroad in space -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Index.
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ISBN
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9781461437017
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Engineering.
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Science History.
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Astrophysics.
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Astronautics.
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Engineering.
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Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
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Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
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History of Science.
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Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
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SpringerLink (Online service)
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Date
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Year, Month, Day:01405141
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Online book
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