{"product_id":"nasa-and-the-space-industry-9780801865329","title":"NASA and the Space Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew federal agencies have more extensive ties to the private sector than NASA. NASA's relationships with its many aerospace industry suppliers of rocket engines, computers, electronics, gauges, valves, O-rings, and other materials have often been described as partnerships. These have produced a few memorable catastrophes, but mostly technical achievements of the highest order. Until now, no one has written extensively about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNASA and the Space Industry, \u003c\/i\u003e Joan Lisa Bromberg explores how NASA's relationship with the private sector developed and how it works. She outlines the various kinds of expertise public and private sectors brought to the tasks NASA took on, describing how this division of labor changed over time. She explains why NASA sometimes encouraged and sometimes thwarted the privatization of space projects and describes the agency's role in the rise of such new space industries as launch vehicles and communications satellites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Lisa Bromberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801865329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Lisa Bromberg \u003c\/b\u003e is a visiting scholar in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Department at the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFusion: Science, Politics, and the Invention of a New Energy Source\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Laser in America, 1950-1970.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136293384307,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_441c86d9-88f2-4aa7-b1c6-ac1905776288.jpg?v=1654262823","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/nasa-and-the-space-industry-9780801865329","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}