INSIGHT

Ian Boyd discusses knowledge sharing in NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

New craft will be designed for extended stays on lunar surface.

For NASA programs using risk-based independent verification and validation (IV&V), detailed NASA-developed/supported simulation of key flight phases provides deeper government insight and certification ability.

A project manager should gather good solutions and ideas from their project team through attentive listening.

Resources focus on developing key professional competencies.

Astronaut tells rocket: ‘Okay buster, let’s go and get the job done.’

Shared use of a requirements management database with NASA contractors and partners greatly aids engineering collaboration and communication.

NASA aims to create a blueprint for sustained human exploration of solar system.

An engineer’s awareness of cognitive bias might help to prevent predictable errors in the engineering process.