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The NASA Fabrication Alliance:
Cooperation, Not Competition By Jerry Mulenburg
Usually when an organization announces an efficiency drive that
could mean budget cuts and workforce reductions... +
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Cultivating a Community
By Ben Bruneau and Kerry Ellis
When beginning a project, most project managers look first for budget
approval and a team that will make the project succeed. +
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Old Lessons for a New Generation
By Marty Davis
The Gamma-Ray Observatory project got off to a slow start. A study
phase began in 1978. Three years later, CGRO was confirmed as a
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Straight to the Source
By Jon Boyle "It doesn't look good in terms of the schedule.
I don't see any way we are going to make the delivery deadline,"
our project manager said. +
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Getting to "Go"
By Derren Bodell
As the final "go for launch" was given for the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter (MRO) mission on the Atlas V 401 launch vehicle, the hair
on my arms stood up. +
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2004 Invention of the Year
By Laurie Stauber
A phone call from a concerned Thiokol engineer in 1997 led Dr. Bruce
Steinetz and Mr. Patrick Dunlap of the Glenn Research Center to
work on developing a flexible barrier that could withstand the extreme
temperatures generated by solid rocket motors +
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What do we mean when we say "Knowledge"?
By Laurence Prusak
We are clearly living in a "Knowledge Age." Wherever you look, you
find books, articles, programs, courses, advertisements, and degree
programs using the word "knowledge" in some way to distinguish itself
or its contents. +
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Learning to Soar By Michael
Allen
On a spring day at Edwards Air Force Base, someone pointed overhead
to a flock of migrating white pelicans soaring gracefully in formation.
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