The Last of the Great Observatories: Spitzer and the Era of Faster, Better, Cheaper at NASA Tapa blanda - 2006
de George H. Rieke
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The Spitzer Space Observatory, originally known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is the last of the four aGreat Observatoriesa, which also include the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Developed over twenty years and dubbed the aInfrared Hubble," Spitzer was launched in the summer of 2003 and has since contributed significantly to our understanding of the universe. George Rieke played a key role in Spitzer and now relates the story of how that observatory was built and launched into space. Telling the story of this single mission within the context of NASA space science over two turbulent decades, he describes how, after a tortuous political trail to approval, Spitzer was started at the peak of NASAas experiment with streamlining and downsizing its mission development process, termed afaster better cheaper.a Up to its official start and even afterward, Spitzer was significant not merely in terms of its scientific value but because it stood at the center of major changes in space science policy and politics. Through interviews with many of the project participants, Rieke reconstructs the political and managerial process by which space missions are conceived, approved, and developed. He reveals that by the time Spitzer had been completed, a number of mission failures had undermined faith in afaster-better-cheapera and a more conservative approach was imposed. Rieke examines in detail the premises behind afaster better cheaper, a their strengths and weaknesses, and their ultimate impact within the context of NASAas continuing search for the best way to build future missions. Riekeas participantas perspective takesreaders inside Congress and NASA to trace the progress of missions prior to the excitement of the launch, revealing the enormously complex and often disheartening political process that needs to be negotiated. He also shares some of the new observations and discoveries made by Spitzer in just its first year of operation. As the only book devoted to the Spitzer mission, "The Last of the Great Observatories" is a story at the nexus of politics and science, shedding new light on both spheres as it contemplates the future of mankindas exploration of the universe.
Detalles
- Título The Last of the Great Observatories: Spitzer and the Era of Faster, Better, Cheaper at NASA
- Autor George H. Rieke
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Páginas 248
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación 2006-05
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780816525584 / 0816525587
- Peso 0.77 libras (0.35 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.96 x 6.14 x 0.6 pulgadas (22.76 x 15.60 x 1.52 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1980's
- Chronological Period: 1990's
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Management, Space Infrared Telescope Facility (U.S.)
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2005028811
- Dewey Decimal Code 522.683
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