ASK OCE — May 10, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 8 NASA representation is imperative in the upcoming Department of Defense certification process for the National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), according to a report released in late March by the Government Accountability Office. The NPOESS project has been involved in as assessment of […]
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 — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 In the early 1970s, there were a number of challenges involved in bringing the new and complex Space Shuttle program on line. None loomed larger, however, than the ultimate decision by the program team to launch STS-1 with a human crew on board […]
ASK OCE — September 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 14 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Air Force Space Command issued new common federal launch safety standards (PDF) on August 25, 2006.
ASK OCE — May 10, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 8 NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin told the House Appropriations Committee that delays to the Crew Exploration Vehicle could be strategically damaging to the nation’s space program. “A longer gap in U.S. human spaceflight capabilities will increase risk and overall costs and lead to […]
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 — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 The thin line between mission success and failure holds important lessons for NASA, according to Georgetown University Professor Cathy Tinsley. Tinsley and her colleague Robin Dillon-Merrill have been studying perceptions of so-called “near-misses” — events that have positive outcomes but could have resulted in […]
ASK OCE — September 20, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 14 China and Russia are currently finalizing plans to collaborate on a joint mission to Mars, according to a leading Chinese space research scientist. Ye Peijian, a scientist with the Chinese Research Institute of Space Technology, made the announcement on August 23, 2006, at […]
ASK OCE — May 10, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 8 By Chris Scolese This issue provides a summary of the Program and Projects Management Challenge Conference as well as a discussion of the NPOESS program and the future of human space flight. All three of these are linked by the need for […]
