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Phil McAlister is the Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated […]

Phil McAlister is the Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated […]

Phil McAlister is the Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated […]

Phil McAlister is the Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated […]

Phil McAlister is the Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated […]

Phil McAlister is the Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated […]

Do not underestimate the difficulty in taking people from multiple centers and making sure that everyone has the same understanding of an engineering process, because they all define things and do things differently.

Management should implement a communications plan, and promote productive communication across the team; start early and promote it often.

Dr. Dan Rasky worked as a Senior Scientist for NASA on COTS. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated systems. The COTS lessons are applicable to […]