Beschreibung:
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.
General Introduction.- Creating the Strategic Framework for Herschel.- Science Evolution.- Overview of the Mission.- Innovation in Technology and Management:- Introduction to Innovations within Herschel.- Silicon Carbide (SiC) Telescope: History of an Invention.- Herschel Cryostat Customisation.- Far Infrared Bolometers and their Competitive Technical Lineages.- Heterodyne Receivers: Recurrent Synergy Between Ground and Space.- Management Organisation.- Conclusions.