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Managing Watson: IBM’s Jeopardy! Champion

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   In order to beat the all-time Jeopardy! champions with a computer, IBM took a flexible, creative approach to project management.

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The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement (including orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters) were mated vertically. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Enterprise Makes Its First Trek

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   This month marks the 35th anniversary of the space shuttle Enterprise’s maiden flight.

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2011 APPEL Annual Publications
Academy Brief: Annual Publications Released

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   The Academy’s annual publications highlight its efforts to serve the NASA workforce.

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Academy Bookshelf: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   So you say you have a strategy. Richard Rumelt asks if it’s any good.

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Kevin Fisher, software systems engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Young Professional Brief: Kevin Fisher

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   Kevin Fisher made his entrance into systems engineering as a freshman on a team of seniors.

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Project HOPE: The Story Begins
Video Case Study Project HOPE The Story Begins

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   A young team of engineers had one year and a lot to learn before getting their rocket off the ground.

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Workers study Hubble’s main, eight-foot (2.4 m) mirror. The flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope’s optics was due in part to reductions in testing to save money.
ASK Magazine Archive: Success, Failure, and NASA Culture

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   The root causes of failure are often cultural, not technical, according to Dr. Stephen B. Johnson.

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The prime crew of Apollo 1, Virgil I "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, II, and Roger B. Chaffee, during training in Florida. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Apollo 1 – Abandon in Place

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   Forty-five years ago this month, a cry let out from the Apollo 1 capsule, “There’s a fire in here.”

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A technician prepares the Canadian-built fine-guidance sensor’s engineering test unit for cryogenic testing at the Canadian Space Agency’s David Florida Lab in Ottawa.
Managing Canada’s Contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope

By Karl Saad   Along with a half dozen NASA centers, the European Space Agency (ESA), and a variety of academic and industry partners, the Canadian Space Agency has been working on its contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope.

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