. Bell telephone magazine . an efficient operating structure, onethat is directed and controlled, has com-prised a monumental management prob-lem. The technological feasibility of theApollo mission is no longer in questionalthough many technical challenges re-main. At this stage, however, it is thecompetence of the technical management,and the excellence of their managementtools, at almost every level in the pro-gram on which, in a very real sense, thesuccess of the mission depends. The management challenge derivesfrom the very difficulty of the Apollo mis-sion itself. In part this may be illu
. Bell telephone magazine . an efficient operating structure, onethat is directed and controlled, has com-prised a monumental management prob-lem. The technological feasibility of theApollo mission is no longer in questionalthough many technical challenges re-main. At this stage, however, it is thecompetence of the technical management,and the excellence of their managementtools, at almost every level in the pro-gram on which, in a very real sense, thesuccess of the mission depends. The management challenge derivesfrom the very difficulty of the Apollo mis-sion itself. In part this may be illustratedby the evolution of the booster designphilosophy. At the time the Apollo/Satxun pro-gram was undertaken, the experience inthis country with the development oflarge rockets came exclusively from ourballistic missile programs. In the processof development of these missiles, scoresof each were fired in tests before ma-turity of design was achieved. The philosophy of the Saturn/Apolloprogram has to be different from the. Important steps in the Apollolunar landing mission are shownhere and on the following to right: The second stage ofSaturn rocket burns out, and thirdstage ignites; spacecraft achieveorbit around earth; docking ofLunar Excursion Module takesplace: Lunar Excursion Moduleignites, while command modulecontinues in moon orbit. 47 BELLCOMM
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