June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 Space policy remains a moving target in the post-Cold War era, according to space policy representatives from six presidential administrations spanning 35 years.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 A common refrain from very experienced practitioners at NASA is, “You’re never as smart as you think you are.” NASA’s mission has always enabled the agency to attract a highly talented workforce. We have world-class experts in any number of technical disciplines, and many at NASA have […]
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 At the request of her manager, Taralyn Frasqueri-Molina opened the first page of the PMBOK™, holding a highlighter and pencil. She was going to change how her group did work.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 The Project Management Institute (PMI), the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and the American Council on Education (ACE) have each recognized the quality of NASAs professional development activities.
The eighth Masters with Masters event brought together three master practitioners to share their perspectives and stories about organizational sustainability at NASA Headquarters on March 1, 2010. The event featured Olga Dominguez, NASA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Strategic Infrastructure; Michelle Moore, Federal Environmental Executive with the White House Council on Environmental Quality; and […]
As NASA approaches the final flight of the Space Shuttle, it is timely to reflect upon the many important lessons learned from the formulation, development, and operation of the Space Shuttle program. The Space Shuttle represented a dramatic departure from the launch and space vehicles of the preceding Apollo era, with a new focus on […]
Undoubtedly the greatest technical and engineering achievement of the Space Shuttle is the assembly and development of the International Space Station (ISS)—whose entire design, elements, and systems were designed for launch, assembly, and servicing by the shuttle. Indeed, following first element launch—the Russian-launched FGB module that established the initial foundation for station—the Shuttle manifest has […]
As NASA approaches the final flight of the Space Shuttle, it is timely to reflect upon the many important lessons learned from the formulation, development, and operation of the Space Shuttle program. The Space Shuttle represented a dramatic departure from the launch and space vehicles of the preceding Apollo era, with a new focus on […]
Throughout most of NASA’s history, international collaboration has played an important role in both its science and human spaceflight programs. This collaboration has become the new norm in space, as more than sixty international space agencies increasingly work together in a broad range of space-related activities. Nearly two-thirds of NASA’s space science missions now involve […]
