Project Apollo Lights the Way for Acquisition Success

Abstract

It has been just over 40 years since the fulfillment of President John F. Kennedys goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. As we reflect on this technological triumph, we find numerous examples of acquisition best practices and lessons learned, many of which are manifest in our current DoD acquisition management system.From its earliest stages, the U.S. space program pioneered and implemented many innovative ideas and best practicesoften out of necessityand many of those ideas have evolved and are now common tenets of todays defense acquisition practices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1016161

Entities

People

  • James Weitzner
  • Jerome Collins
  • Joe Moschler
  • Mike Mcghee

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Best Practices
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Lessons Learned
  • Lunar Probes
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • Missions
  • Moon
  • Space Flight
  • Space Missions
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Space