Nurturing Trust
By Ron Taylor In my father’s generation, leaders were expected to give orders and workers were expected to take them. You did what you were told to do or you were fired.
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Ten Systems Engineering Lessons Learned
By John Ruffa When I was appointed the mission systems engineer of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) at Goddard Space Flight Center, I was understandably nervous.
Read moreInterview with Robert Braun
By Don Cohen NASA’s Chief Technologist talks about fostering innovation.
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Moon Mission on a Shoestring
By Haley Stephenson and Matthew Kohut When NASA announced that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) would upgrade from a Delta II to a larger Atlas V launch vehicle, a window of opportunity opened for an additional mission to the moon.
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The Knowledge Notebook: Believing in Science and Progress
By Laurence Prusak One of the great questions in history is why the Industrial Revolution that started in the eighteenth century and went on to radically change almost every aspect of the way people live developed in the West, and especially the northwest corner of Europe.
Read moreFrom the APPEL Director: Lessons from Torino
By Ed Hoffman Last spring I had the opportunity to visit three project-based organizations in the Piedmont region of Italy.
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In This Issue (ASK 39)
Don Cohen, Managing Editor This issue of ASK features two apparently divergent themes. One is the importance of far-reaching innovation.
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