Organization: HQ

By W. Scott Cameron In Part 1 of this article, I asked you to think of the Project Manager’s (PM’s) job in terms of an hourglass.

By Terry Little Prelude to a Mistake I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my career, but the one that I think of as providing the greatest learning opportunities occurred while I was program manager of a large Department of Defense (DoD) project designated by Congress as an acquisition reform program.

By Michael Jansen The Voodoo Crew It wasn’t too long after I agreed to be the Thermal Integration Manager for the Space Shuttle Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) program that I gained an appreciation for why the thermal community was always viewed by the Shuttle Program Office as a group of “out-there” voodoo practitioners.

By Ray Morgan Before we went to Hawaii to begin flight tests on the Pathfinder solar-powered airplane, we knew we needed the support of the local community there.

By Jenny Baer-Riedhart Crash and Learn I made several appearances at NASA Headquarters (HQ) to brief higher-ups on the status of my program when I was the program manager of a Joint Sponsored Research Alliance (JSRA).

By Michael Skidmore To say that the Russian Space Program’s (RSA) approach to space flight is different than NASA’s is at best an understatement.

By John Brunson In preparation for the February 1996 re-flight of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) payload, the Marshall integration and test team traveled to Kennedy Space Center to support the Interface Verification Test (IVT) between the satellite and tether connector.

By Dr. Alexander Laufer Stories are Just for Children In 1971, when I started my career as an engineer, I would have laughed if somebody had told me that I would compose three professional books and lead a professional magazine for NASA — all focusing on stories.

By Ed Hoffman “The path to greatness is along with others.” — Baltasar Gracian, Oracular Manual