Overview
- Based on heavy use of first person interviews and written by an original member of the Space Task Group
- Offers insight into the climate that led to the creation of the STG and the way management solved problems
- Puts into context the shock waves that Sputnik produced and explains how the Russian achievements motivated American gains
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Setting the Stage
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Achievements
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About this book
Von Ehrenfried's personal experience with the STG at Langley uniquely positions him to describe the way the group was structured and how it reacted to the new demands of a post-Sputnik era. He artfully analyzes how the growing space program was managed and what techniques enabled it to develop so quickly from an operations perspective. The result is a fascinating window into history, amply backed up by first person documentation and interviews.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dutch Von Ehrenfried has worked in both the space flight and aviation fields for about 25 years. He was a NASA Flight Controller in Mission Control for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Missions and also worked on some of the experiments that went into Skylab from an Earth Resources experiment standpoint. He has also worked in the NASA Headquarters Space Station Program Office for about 10 years and the FAA Aviation Safety Office for a year.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Birth of NASA
Book Subtitle: The Work of the Space Task Group, America's First True Space Pioneers
Authors: Dutch von Ehrenfried
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28428-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28426-2Published: 07 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28428-6Published: 23 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 358
Number of Illustrations: 109 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), History of Science