Contents
Practice
Lessons from COBE About Processes and Procedures
The Nobel Prize mission required groundbreaking technology, thorough testing, and teamwork. Read more...
A Relentless Focus on the Mission
Accountability, constructive disagreement, and mission focus are essential to achieving NASA's new goals. Read more...
Interview with Rob Manning
The chief engineer of the Mars Exploration Program talks about the success of Mars Pathfinder, Spirit, and Opportunity and the contribution 7120.5D can make to future exploration. Read more...
Special Pullout
NASA's Exploration Architecture: A map detailing NASA's planned return to the Moon. Download PDF...
Low-Cost Innovation and the Vision for Space Exploration
Future innovation will include finding new ways to do good work at low cost. Read more...
Enabling Exploration
The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and Constellation, NASA's new exploration program, provide a reality check for procedures and requirements spelled out in NPR 7120.5D. Read more...
The Apollo Experience
During the Apollo era, NASA learned lessons in how to manage complex programs that remain important today. Read more...
Professional Development for the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Career-long learning will give managers and systems engineers the skills they need to make the Vision for Space Exploration real. Read more...