num_pages: 256
description: THIS BOOK PREDICTED COLUMBIA DISASTER.. NASA New Millennium Problems and Solutions is a wake up call about the dire conditions of the U.S. space transportation program. NASA's management philosophy of faster, better, cheaper has resulted in the Agency trying to do, too much... with too little... too fast. The space programs momentum has been eroded by NASA's numerous project failures, cost overruns, and mismanagement. NASA's space transportation operations have been compromised to the point where serious safety conditions exist. Astronauts, ground personnel, and even the general public are exposed to unsafe flight operations. This book examines the following daunting Why isn't the Space Shuttle safe? Why doesn't the Space Shuttle have a crew escape system? What happened to NASA's commercial Space Shuttle? Will the International Space Station be worth the cost? Was the X-33/VentureStar launch project a $1 billion blunder? Are the proposed X-33 population over-flight tests saf
language: English
title: Nasa New Millennium Problems and Solutions
titlecomplete: Nasa New Millennium Problems and Solutions
publisher: Xlibris Corp