Inventing a Space Mission: The Story of the Herschel Space Observatory (ISSI Scientific Report Series #14)

By: Vincent Minier and Roger-Maurice Bonnet and Vincent Bontems and Thijs De Graauw and Matt Griffin and Frank Helmich and Göran Pilbratt and Sergio Volonte

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Synopsis: This book describes prominent technological achievements within a very successful space science mission: the Herschel space observatory. Focusing on the various processes of innovation it offers an analysis and discussion of the social, technological and scientific context of the mission that paved the way to its development. It addresses the key question raised by these processes in our modern society, i.e.: how knowledge management of innovation set the conditions for inventing the future? In that respect the book is based on a transdisciplinary analysis of the programmatic complexity of Herschel, with inputs from space scientists, managers, philosophers, and engineers. This book is addressed to decision makers, not only in space science, but also in other industries and sciences using or building large machines. It is also addressed to space engineers and scientists as well as students in science and management.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319600246
Related ISBNs:: 9783319600239
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 10/08/18
Copyrighted By:: Springer International Publishing, Cham
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Reference, Science, Business and Finance, Technology, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.