the space exploration initiative and the challenges of organizational change at NASA Logsdon, John M. 1937- creator author. United States NASA History Office (2023- ), issuing body. text bibliography dcu 2024 monographic eng

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vi, 98 pages illustrations ; 28 cm. 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". 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 John M. Logsdon. 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. n-us--- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Management History 20th century Organizational change United States History 20th century TL521.312 629.40973 NAS1.21:2024-4558 NAS1.21:2024-4558 Logsdon, John M., 1937- (DLC) 2024002147 9781626830806 1626830800 2024002146 DGPO/DLC 240514 20250121112132.0 001263188 eng