The space station decision : incremental politics and technological choice

著者

• McCurdy, Howard E.

書誌事項

The space station decision : incremental politics and technological choice

Howard E. McCurdy

（New series in NASA history）

Johns Hopkins University Press, c1990

• :alk. paper

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-274) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Outstanding Academic Title, 1991, Choice Magazine Although building a space station has been an extraordinary challenge for America's scientists and engineers, the securing and sustaining of presidential approval, congressional support, and long-term funding for the project was an enormous task for bureaucrats. The Space Station Decision examines the history of this controversial initiative and illustrates how bureaucracy shapes public policy. Using primary documents and interviews, Howard E. McCurdy describes the events that led up to the 1984 decision to build a permanently occupied, international space station in low Earth orbit. As he follows the trail of the space station proposal through the labyrinth of White House policy review, McCurdy explains the evolution of the presidential budget review process, the breakup of the cabinet system, the proliferation of subcabinets and Executive Office interagency, the involvement of White House staff in framing issues for presidential review, and the role of bureaucracy in advancing administration legislation on Capitol Hill. Comparing the space station decision to earlier decisions to go to the moon and to build the space shuttle, McCurdy shows how public officials responsible for long-term science and technology policy maneuvered in a political system that demanded short-term flexibility.

目次

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Vision Part I 1. The Race (Spring 1961) 2. One New Initiative (January 5, 1972) 3. Beggs (June 17, 1981) 4. The Team (May 20, 1982) 5. Independence Day (July 4, 1982) Part II 6. Budget Strategy 7. Wheels, Cans, and Modules 8. Configurations 9. The First Move 10. How to Organize a Task Force 11. International Participation 12. Technology 13. Budget Wars Part III 14. Positions 15. The White House 16. The Rabbit in the Hat 17. SIG (Space) 18. The Number 19. Reagan Part IV 20. Congress 21. Momentum 22. Management 23. Congress II Afterword: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy Notes Photo Credits Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA20453577
• ISBN:
  • 080184004X
• LCCN: 90030831
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 286 p., [13] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : TL797
  • DC20 : 353.0087/78
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Space stations
  • LCSH : Astronautics and state -- United States
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA13022123