Publisher:
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Admi
Published:
2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18090348412
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Publisher:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Published:
2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17896128160
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Very good in Very good jacket. The format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9.75 inches. xii, 329, [1] pages. Illustrations. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Deputy of Technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as Administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as private spaceflight, future human spaceflight to Mars, and the fate of the Hubble telescope. While he describes himself as a "simple aerospace engineer from a small town", Griffin has held several high-profile political appointments. In 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Griffin's appointment as Administrator was associated with a significant shift in the direction of the agency. He began signaling intended changes at his Senate confirmation hearing. In 2005, he was appointed NASA Administrator where he pushed for commercial cargo and crew transportation services. After NASA lost a GAO protest from SpaceX on a sole-source contract to RocketPlane Kistler, Griffin led a reorganization of the contract into a competition called the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Twenty aerospace companies applied to the COTS program, of which two companies, RocketPlane Kistler and SpaceX were selected by NASA. In 2008, NASA awarded SpaceX and Orbital Sciences contracts with a combined value of $3.5 billion. Griffin writes: I sought to offer through my public addresses a more complete rationale for human presence in space. In various speeches I tried to illustrate the connections between a vigorous program of human space exploration and important societal interests including national security; the value of leadership and partnership in great enterprises; the effect on our industrial base and economic competitiveness of learning how to do very hard things; the spread of values and culture among the worlds of the future; the long-term survival of the human species; and, yes, enhanced possibilities for scientific discovery. Part 1 of this collection offers a collection of speeches addressing various aspects of that broad theme. Because the exploration and development of the space frontier is a strategic issue for the United States, NASA touches important segments of society on many levels. Learning how to live and work in space or sending our machines there on our behalf has profoundly influenced and in some cases redefined the practice of commerce, science, engineering and management in our nation and the world. Part 2 includes speeches on various aspects of such influence. In particular, I am persuaded that we owe the modern practice of system engineering and its allied discipline, systems management, to the driving force of the early civil and military space programs. I believe these disciplines are crucial to our success in a competitive global society yet are widely misunderstood; and so I have included in this section some material outlining my views on what system engineering is and is not.
Publisher:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Published:
2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14633855527
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Very good in Very good jacket. xii, 329, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Inscribed by author on fep. Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who is the current Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He previously served as Administrator of NASA, the U.S. space agency, from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as the future of human spaceflight, the fate of the Hubble telescope and NASA's role in understanding climate change. In April 2009 Griffin was named eminent scholar and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama. Griffin had worked at NASA prior to serving as NASA Administrator, including as Associate Administrator for Exploration. When he was nominated as NASA chief, he was head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). In 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Griffin's appointment as Administrator was associated with a significant shift in the direction of the agency. Administrator Griffin wrote in the Preface that "The most important theme for me has been that of identifying and elucidating an intellectual rationale for human space exploration." He argued that the rationale needed to be more than the contribution to science. He felt that human space exploration was about expanding the range of human action, experience and influence. It is about developing options for succeeding generations to exploit the resources of the solar system for the benefit of mankind. Griffin sought to offer through his public addresses a more complete rationale for human presence in space. Within this volume are speeches with reflect this important theme.
Publisher:
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Published:
2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17287677931
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Very Fine in Very Fine jacket. 8vo., 329pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy of a quite uncommon title, particularly in this high grade condition.
