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Ares I-X: Business Operations

Take time up front to streamline the processes and tools that are being used by your team and their interfaces.

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ARES I-X: Better is the Enemy of Good Enough

Once the objectives and requirements are met, you will need to fend off the many pressures to continue to improve.

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Risk #12059 SSP Offsite Development Of A Reinforced Carbon Carbon RCC On Orbit Repair

Donald Pettit and Charles Camarda discuss Offsite Development Of A Reinforced Carbon-Carbon (RCC) On-Orbit Repair Segments: 00m00s Introductions 04m49s A Really Neat Technical Problem 07m13s A Thomas Edison Approach 11m00s The Return To Flight Risk 14m10s A Structured Approach 16m51s This Is Impossible 23m51s This Is Blasphemous 26m18s Hardware Demonstration 36m41s Use Of Overlays For […]

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Risk #11938 SSP On Orbit Tile Repair

Lora Bailey, Mike Fowler, Scott Parazynski discuss On Orbit Tile Repair Segments: 00m00s Introductions 01m37s Flight Hardware Demonstration 03m57s Context 09m44s Risk Statement 12m27s Risk Mitigation Plan 16m27s Material Challenges – Bubbling 21m37s Material Challenges: Adherence/E-Wash 24m32s Astronaut Repair Capability 26m30s Material Testing 29m40s Lessons Learned – Organization 34m13s Lessons Learned – Requirements Evolution 37m14s […]

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Risk #12058 SSP Reinforced Carbon Carbon Repair R&D Executability

Charles Camarda and Stephen Scotti discuss SSP Reinforced Carbon Carbon Repair R&D Executability Segments: 00m00s Introduction 00m48s Background and Statement 03m30s Workshop And Creative Design Process 12m57s Plug Repair Design 18m27s Drill Design 22m00s Lessons Learned

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Risk #11935 SSP: Orbiter Boom Sensor System OBSS Project Executability

Irene Piatek discusses Space Shuttle Program Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) Project Executability Segments: 00m00s Introduction 03m28s Risk Statement 06m51s Mitigation 10m53s Lessons Learned – Chasing The Damage Detection Criteria 13m01s Lessons Learned – Impact Schedule Pressure 14m38s Lessons Learned – Integrating Organizations 16m11s Lessons Learned – Hardware Functional Safety Requirements 17m42s Lessons Learned – […]

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Risk #11934 SSP: On Orbit Reinforced Carbon Carbon Repair

Scott Parazynski, Ben Greene and Alvaro Rodriguez discuss risks and lessons learned from On-Orbit Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Repair. Segments: 00m00s Introduction 02m04s Context and Risk Statement 15m52s Risk Mitigation 21m49s Lessons Learned – Organization and Teamwork 27m21s Lessons Learned – Civil Servants Hands On Role 28m40s Lessons Learned – COTS Hardware 30m00s Lessons Learned – Verification […]

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New Virtual PM Challenge: The Value of In-House Projects

How do in-house projects help NASA expand internal capabilities while advancing mission success? Find out at a new Virtual Project Management (PM) Challenge on July 27, 2017. 

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2016 Human Spaceflight Knowledge Sharing Forum: SCAN Overview and Forward Planning

NASA’s Office of the Chief Engineer and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate sponsored the Human Spaceflight Knowledge Sharing Forum in November 2016. Select individuals responsible for shaping NASA’s future over the next 10 to 20 years focused on technical best practices and lessons learned from human spaceflight missions. Speaker: Jim Schier NASA Space […]

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