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View from the Outside: Blue Origin Solicits Science Proposals

December 22, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 12   Blue Origin, a private spaceflight company founded by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, has announced that it will offer opportunities for scientists to fly payloads on its New Shepard vehicles.

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Academy Insight: Dr. Charles Kennel on the Development of the EOS-DIS

December 22, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 12   Dr. Charles Kennel, former NASA Associate Administrator for the Mission to Planet Earth, recalled the origins of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

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Shaping the Space Age: The First International Geophysical Year

December 22, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 12   The first International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1958 was a landmark that helped usher in the Space Age.

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Academy Brief: Science Case Studies

December 22, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 12   The Academy has developed several recent case studies related to NASA science missions.

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Message from the Academy Director: Science and Project Management

December 22, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 12   In NASA’s culture it is common to think about science, engineering, and project management as separate disciplines. In reality, close collaboration is one of the keys to successful project outcomes.

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Research Brief: NRC Evaluates Constellation-Enabled Science Mission Concepts

December 22, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 12   Most of the science mission concepts that could utilize the Constellation program’s unique capabilities are likely to be “prohibitively expensive,” according to a report by the National Research Council.

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View from the Outside: India Readies for First Moon Mission

July 17, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 6   The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch Chandrayaan-1, its first mission to the moon, in mid-September.

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Academy Brief: The Project Management Competency Model

July 17, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 6   All of the Academy’s professional development activities are based on a competency model for project management that has evolved over the past two decades.

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Risk Management Bookshelf: The Black Swan

July 17, 2008 Vol. 1, Issue 6   What can we learn about risk from the success of Harry Potter and the stock market crash of 1929?

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