Ask OCE — January 12, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 2 The return of Japan’s Hayabusa probe to Earth will take place three years later than planned, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The spacecraft, which was slated to return to Earth in June 2007, encountered difficulties that led JAXA to postpone […]
Ask OCE — January 12, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 2 The House of Representatives passed a spending bill to reauthorize NASA on December 17, 2005, authorizing approximately $17.9 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2007 and $18.7 billion in fiscal year 2008. The bill directs the Agency to carry out programs in human […]
Ask OCE — January 12, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 2 When I came on board the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor (ERAST) Project, first as Chief Engineer and later as Deputy Project Manager, there was a lot to keep track of — four flight projects and numerous technology development initiatives. One company, AV, had […]
Ask OCE — January 12, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 2 Helios 2, a joint venture between West Germany and the United States, was launched on a Titan-Centaur rocket on January 15, 1976. The second in a pair of nearly identical interplanetary probes sent to observe the sun and its solar wind, it carried the […]
Ask OCE — January 12, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 2 Remarks delivered by Chris Scolese at the Risk Management Conference (RMC VI), Orlando, FL December 6, 2005
Ask OCE — February 8, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 3 “It’s the wrong thing to be doing,” I told the Director of Engineering, trying to head off a last-minute change in our X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE) project.
Ask OCE — February 8, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 3 By Chris Scolese When Administrator Griffin selected me to serve as Chief Engineer, my mandate was clear: to improve engineering by incorporating technical excellence and engineering authority into the day-to-day engineering processes for all of NASA’s activities. Since Columbia, we have learned and grown […]
Ask OCE — February 8, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 3 January 28, 1986 is a day etched in the memories of everyone associated with NASA at the time. The impact of the Challenger disaster was not confined to NASA, of course; it was a national tragedy. The loss of the seven-person crew on […]
Ask OCE — February 8, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 3 by Maarten Sierhuis, Ames Research Center NASA projects are inherently collaborative efforts. There are no solo ventures. Many require the work of hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals over the course of their life cycles. Anyone who tries to track all the moving […]
