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The GALEX spacecraft before its launch in 2003. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL

My Best Mistake: James Fanson’s "Throw a Drowning Man a Life Ring"

July 27, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

I was project manager for GALEX, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

19th Quarterly Federal Knowledge Management Community Meeting

July 15, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

On Friday, July 17, 2015, the Department of Transportation will host the 19th Quarterly Meeting of the Federal Knowledge Community (FKMC) in Washington, DC.

April 2015, Dan Ranta (far left), former Director of Knowledge Sharing, ConocoPhillips, and Jean-Claude Monney (center), Global Knowledge Management Lead, Microsoft Services, mingle with participants at the Welcome Reception of Knowledge 2020 2.0. Photo Credit: NASA CKO

K2020 2.0: Sharing the Challenges of Building Cultures of Knowledge

July 2, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

The NASA knowledge community built on the foundation of the first K2020.

One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Photo Credit: NASA

The Whole Is Greater

July 2, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

What insight does the expression “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” have for Knowledge Services, especially at NASA?

In a Vehicle Assembly Building high bay, an aft center segment of a Solid Rocket Booster is lowered toward a segment already in place. Photo Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Weiping Yu’s "To Thine Own Self Be True"

June 30, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

I made my mistake over and over again for many years.

Space Shuttle Discovery in the Vehicle Assembly Building. On either side of Discovery’s tail and Orbiter Maneuvering System Pods are the Tail Masts that support the fluid, gas and electrical requirements of the orbiter’s liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen aft T-0 umbilicals. Photo Credit: NASA/KSC

My Best Mistake: Eugene Hajdaj’s “What Could Go Wrong?”

June 10, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

At Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Equipment Test Facility, I learned the hard way that supposedly bulletproof designs are not necessarily as trouble-free as they may appear.

Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a lively discussion with two master practitioners at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), Diane Malarik, Senior Project Manager of the Space Flight System Directorate, and Michael Barrett, Deputy Chief for the Space Technology Project Office. Photo Credit: NASA

Why You Can’t Win With Scared Money: A Masters with Masters Interview with Michael Barrett and Diane Malarik

May 26, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a lively discussion with two master practitioners at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC).

This 1986 artist's concept shows the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) towing a satellite. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center planners, the OMV would be a remotely-controlled free-flying space tug which would place, rendezvous, dock, and retrieve orbital payloads. Image Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Bill Gerstenmaier’s “Balancing Budgets and Work”

May 13, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

I’m not sure that the decisions I made as operations manager of the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) program nearly three decades ago were necessarily mistakes, but the problems that ultimately killed the OMV were certainly real.

Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman poses with the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program staff at the 2014 Symposium held February 4-6 at Stanford University. From left to right: Katherine Reilly, Communications & Outreach Manager; Jamie Hyneman; Jay Falker, Program Executive; Ronald Turner, Senior Science Advisor; Jason E. Derleth, Program Manager. Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center

Know Comparison

May 12, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Mythbusters is no stranger to NASA.

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