ASK OCE — June, 14, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 9 For years, residents in landlocked Baikonur, Kazakhstan, have become accustomed to the fallout associated with living near a busy Russian launch facility. Flaming spacecrafts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome crash to Earth two or more times a month. That’s about to change. The Russian Space […]
ASK OCE — June, 14, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 9 On June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger carried Dr. Sally Ride into orbit on flight STS-7, making her the first American woman in space. During the mission, the five-member crew deployed a pair of communications satellites for Canada and Indonesia, performed the first satellite […]
ASK OCE — June, 14, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 9 By Chris Scolese This issue addresses several efforts that the Office of the Chief Engineer is taking to improve NASA’s engineering capability as the Agency orients itself toward implementing the President’s Vision for Space Exploration. The success of the Vision ultimately will ultimately […]
ASK OCE — July 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 10 When a project runs into serious trouble, aerospace veterans can usually trace the difficulties back to a core set of problems that occur over and over.
ASK OCE — July 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 10 The Department of Defense’s Transformational Satellite Communication System (TSAT) has not met its projected cost and schedule expectations and requires a more knowledge-based development approach to minimize project risk, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). TSAT is a key component […]
ASK OCE — July 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 10 U.S. policymakers should engage in an open discussion about possible avenues for cooperation with China’s civilian space program, according to U.S. Representatives Mark S. Kirk (R-10-IL) and Rick Larsen (D-2-WA).
ASK OCE — July 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 10 Engineering projects have been tied to schedules since the time of the pyramids, but the modern notion of project scheduling is only as old as spaceflight itself.
ASK OCE — July 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 10 On July 20, 1976, the Viking I Lander made history by becoming the first spacecraft to safely land on another planet when it touched down on the surface of Mars.
ASK OCE — July 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 10 A Russian Dnepr rocket carried Genesis I, a 3,000-pound expandable space module prototype, into orbit from the ISC Kosmotras launch complex in Russia on July 12, 2006.
