ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 India has its eye on the moon, and its burgeoning civil space program is collaborating in new ways with the United States.
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 In the early 1970s, there were a number of challenges involved in bringing the new and complex Space Shuttle program on line. None loomed larger, however, than the ultimate decision by the program team to launch STS-1 with a human crew on board […]
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 The thin line between mission success and failure holds important lessons for NASA, according to Georgetown University Professor Cathy Tinsley. Tinsley and her colleague Robin Dillon-Merrill have been studying perceptions of so-called “near-misses” — events that have positive outcomes but could have resulted in […]
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 Systems engineers are made, not born. So what does it take to make one? It depends who you ask, according to Carolyn Casey, Career Development and Leadership Manager for the Engineering Directorate at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). “You have a lot of […]
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 Why should anyone be led by you? It’s a question for every leader to consider. London Business School professors Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones have examined this question in depth in their new book of the same name (Why Should Anyone Be Led […]
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 1 On August 20, 1977, NASA launched Voyager 2 aboard a Titan Centaur expendable rocket on the first leg of a “Grand Tour” of the outer solar system.
ASK OCE — August 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 12 By Chris Scolese Anyone who works at NASA knows that this is first and foremost a technical organization. We build, buy, and operate the most complex flight systems known to humankind. This requires a highly skilled workforce at every level, from the […]
ASK OCE — August 31, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 13 One of the most important inventions in the development of electrical power generation had its origins in a back-of-the envelope sketch: the Parsons steam turbine. In the late nineteenth century, the burgeoning progress of Industrial Revolution was at a crossroads. The large amounts […]
ASK OCE — August 31, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 13 As NASA prepares for eventual manned missions to the Moon and Mars, a basic conundrum is how to provide the astronauts with enough food, water, and air for the multi-year mission to the Red Planet. Sending enough of these necessities along with the […]
