Leaders with decades of high-profile experience on NASA’s largest projects discuss the importance of good culture, open communication, and realistic expectations to mission success.
Large, complex missions have long development timeframes that often increase the challenges associated with budget, schedule, risk and reviews. In this VPMC session, associate administrators of two NASA mission directorates will share lessons learned from large projects.
Jose Perez-Morales, Vehicle Assembly Building Element Manager, discusses various lessons learned including co-location for good team communication and planning your designs with an eye on the fabrication process to save yourself time and mistakes.
Jose Perez-Morales, Vehicle Assembly Building Element Manager, discusses several of the VAB operations that are performed with the ground support equipment to help with processing launch vehicles
Jose Perez-Morales, Vehicle Assembly Building Element Manager, talks about the various types of professionals that work at NASA and the exciting work being done.
Jose Perez-Morales, Vehicle Assembly Building Element Manager, talks about the work being done in the Vehicle Assembly Building with the new SLS vehicle and how it is very different than shuttle. He describes the various platforms that are built to help service the space vehicle.
Victor Alvarez, GSDO Logistics Acquisition Lead, describes the crucial learning that comes from system failures and how it can help to save on future logistics costs and minimize part failures.
Victor Alvarez, GSDO Logistics Acquisition Lead, describes the development of new systems and the modification of old systems to support the SLS. Logistics engineers are involved with the development of the SLS so they can better understand what parts will be needed in the future of the program.
Victor Alvarez, GSDO Logistics Acquisition Lead, talks about how parts and commodities for the SLS are analyzed to see how they can be procured optimally in the future of the program.
