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Earned Value-Added
January 1, 2005 // by

By the time I joined the team, the ACEO had already established several unique tools with which to develop meaningful summaries…

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Boiling Point
May 1, 2002 // by

By Michael C. Jansen One of my first experiences as a journeyman engineer paralleled Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.

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The Lawn Dart
September 1, 2001 // by

By Michael Jansen The Voodoo Crew It wasn’t too long after I agreed to be the Thermal Integration Manager for the Space Shuttle Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) program that I gained an appreciation for why the thermal community was always viewed by the Shuttle Program Office as a group of “out-there” voodoo practitioners.

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Garage-Style Engineering
January 1, 2001 // by

Michael C. Jansen Judging by my conversations with peers in the industry, it is striking how many engineers grew into their professions by tinkering with junk in their families’ garages.

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Endeavour sits atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (a modified 747) in Palmdale, California, where the orbiter was built, ready for delivery to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida in May 1991. A little more than a year later, Endeavour launched on its maiden flight, STS-49, an extended mission that featured four spacewalks to repair a satellite.
Natural Relationship
October 1, 2000 // by

Experience before age One of the team leads I worked with was a chief without braves.

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