John Connolly describes the technical challenges of building the ascent engine for Altair. Bottom line: it has to light. Recorded at Masters Forum 18: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtXeQe.
Carolyn Griner talks about her first job as a co-op programming the clamps for the Saturn V rocket. Recorded at Masters Forum 17.
Carolyn Griner tells the story of her role in working on Skylab and how we’re training the next generation of engineers. Recored at Masters Forum 17.
Bryan O’Connor talks about what it means to be responsible versus accountable within the agency. Recorded at Masters Forum 18: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtXeQe.
Bryan O’Connor discusses the characteristics that define good SMA professionals. Recorded at Masters Forum 18: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtXeQe.
Bryan O’Connor highlights the six themes for root causes from Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia accidents. Recorded at Masters Forum 18: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtXeQe.
Bryan O’Connor talks about incident recovery, complacency avoidance, and his experience in an aviation bone yard. Recorded at Masters Forum 18: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtXeQe.
Bryan O’Connor tells the story of the Atlas Centaur 67 Rocket that was struck by lightning and what requirements have to do with it. Recorded at Masters Forum 18: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtXeQe.
By Dawn Schaible In 2007, the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate asked the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) to design, develop, build, and test an alternate launch abort system for the new Orion crew module.
