Going beyond : the space exploration initiative and the challenges of organizational change at NASA /
Space exploration initiative and the challenges of organizational change at NASA
John M. Logsdon.
- vi, 98 pages illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Monographs in aerospace history ; no. 58 NASA SP ; 2024-4558 .
- Monographs in aerospace history ; no. 58. NASA SP (Series) ; 4558. .
In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Shipping list no.: 2025-0001-S.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: First Steps -- Chapter 2: Origins of the Space Exploration Initiative -- Chapter 3: Pursuing Different Paths -- Chapter 4: Trying to Keep SEI Alive -- Chapter 5: NASA Under Review -- Chapter 6: New Leadership for NASA -- Epilogue: A Continuing Tension
Yale policy analist Gary Brewer, writing in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident, asked what do CBS, General Motors, The Bank of America, The U.S. Naval Academy, Yale University and the horse cavalry have in common with NASA? In Brewer's view, each of these organizations at some time in its history been a "perfect place" defined as "the best organization human beings could create to accomplish selective goals". NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, had "perfected itself in the reality of Apollo" but by the time of Brewers perceptive analysis he judged that NASA was "no longer a perfect place... [Apollo's] success is past and the lessons from it are obsolete". Brewer suggested that to regain its excellence NASA "needs new ways of thinking". This account describes attempts during the administration of President George H. W. Bush (1989-1993) to force a reluctant NASA to adopt "new ways of thinking".
9781626830806 1626830800
2024002146
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --Management--History--20th century.