ASK OCE — April 4, 2006 — Vol. 1, 1 Issue 7 The co-owner of Russia’s VSMPO-Avisma, the world’s largest producer of aerospace titanium, has said that he and his partner may sell their shares of the company to Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms trading corporation. The move by Rosoboronexport is seen by analysts as part […]
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 — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 Pioneer 10 was launched on March 2nd 1972, undertaking a mission to explore Jupiter. Its mission ended 31 March 1997. Pioneer’s final, faint signal was received on 23 January 2003, more than 30 years after launch.
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 […]
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 APPEL held the twelfth Masters Forum in Herndon, VA, on March 8-10, with a full line-up of NASA and industry veterans on hand to share stories and wisdom with approximately 67 current program/project managers and engineers.
Ask OCE — February 8, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 3 Four days after a capsule from the Stardust explorer successfully returned to Earth from a seven-year journey of almost three billion miles, the fastest spacecraft in history began a three billion mile trip of its own to Pluto. The Stardust capsule landed as […]
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 The Manhattan Project. The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Apple Computer. The Lockheed Skunk Works. Walt Disney Studio animators.
Ask OCE — February 8, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 4 Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, expressed concern with President Bush’s proposed 2007 budget for science programs at NASA. While saying he was “elated” by the President’s proposal for overall spending on science research and education in fiscal […]
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 Engineering Management Journal, the flagship quarterly publication of the American Society for Engineering Management, devoted its entire December issue to the Center for Program/Project Management Research (CPMR), a partnership between NASA APPEL and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).
