Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction: Management and the Control of Research and Development -- Chapter 1 - Social and Technical Issues of Spaceflight -- Chapter 2 - Creating Concurrency -- Chapter 3 - From Concurrency to Systems Management -- Chapter 4 - JPL's Journey from Missiles to Space -- Chapter 5 - Organizing the Manned Space Program -- Chapter 6 - Organizing ELDO for Failure -- Chapter 7 - ESRO's American Bridge across the Management Gap -- Chapter 8 - Coordination and Control of High-Tech Research and Development -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index.