The Langley engineer talks about the challenges of aerobraking and the value of “diving right in” at the start of a NASA career. Jill Prince has been an aerospace engineer at Langley Research Center since 1999. She was recently awarded a Women in Aerospace Achievement Award for her work on autonomous aerobraking. Don Cohen […]
By Ed Hoffman Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. The wisest mind has something yet to learn. —George Santayana During the last weeks of playing baritone horn in my high-school band, I started wondering how the band would be able to continue. I looked at Marco, who […]
By Laurence Prusak Have you thought about why some individuals, institutions, agencies, and even countries seem to exhibit a persistent pattern of bad judgment?
Don Cohen, Managing Editor In the interview in this issue of ASK, Jill Prince estimates that 90 percent of the knowledge she needs as an aerospace engineer comes from work experience—her own and that of mentors and other colleagues.
By Randall Taylor In December 1996, a Delta II rocket launched the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft.
January 31, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 1 Experience is the best teacher, right? Not so fast, says James March of Stanford University.
January 31, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 1 2010 was a year of dramatic change for NASA. With major programmatic changes in human spaceflight, proposed significant investments in technology development, a new National Space Policy and the pending retirement of the space shuttle, the agency operated in a highly dynamic environment.
January 31, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 1 A recent RAND study recommends the development of remediation methods in addition to mitigation processes for orbital space debris based on lessons from nine parallel problem areas.
Vol. 4, Issue 1 On the 25th anniversary of the Challenger accident, a story by Bryan O’Connor offers a powerful reflection on the dangers of organizational silence.
