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Artist's concept of the Voyager spacecraft with its antenna pointing to Earth.
NASA Past and Future: A Personal Memoir

By Ken Randle   When I was working for the Sperry Corporation in the sixties, we submitted a proposal to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide support for their unmanned space exploration programs.

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Chris Beasley, NASA Ames mechanical engineer, places the PRESat payload into a gold press vessel.
The Next Big Thing Is Small

By Haley Stephenson Satellites that can fit in a backpack are shrinking technology, reframing satellite science, and providing valuable mission training and experience to the next generation of engineers.

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The Hidden Objective of Lessons Learned
Petrobras and the Power of Stories

By Alexandre Korowajczuk and Andrea Coelho Farias Almeida   One afternoon in October 1986, after more than thirty years searching for petroleum in the Amazon region, we were drilling the last authorized well in the Urucu region.

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Dennis McCarthy calls the system chicken.

Dennis McCarthy talks about working within the NASA system and 7120. Recorded at Masters with Masters 2.

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John Mather and Dennis McCarthy on testing the James Webb Space Telescope.

John Mather and Dennis McCarthy discuss how they deal with not being able to test everything on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Recorded at Masters with Masters 2.

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John Mather and Dennis McCarthy on redesigning COBE.

John Mather and Dennis McCarthy discuss the challenges they faced when redesigning COBE after Challenger. Recorded at Masters with Masters 2.

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John Mather and Dennis McCarthy on the importance of people.

John Mather and Dennis McCarthy provide their thoughts on how people make a project happen. Recorded at Masters with Masters 2.

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John Mather and Dennis McCarthy on why project teams fail.

John Mather and Dennis McCarthy offer their insights on what contributes to some project teams failing. Recorded at Masters with Masters 2.

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John Mather and Dennis McCarthy on working within the NASA system.

John Mather and Dennis McCarthy offer their opinions on working within the NASA system and 7120. Recorded at Masters with Masters 2.

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