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Lessons from the Past: How NASA’s Early Culture Informs Current Challenges
By Howard E. McCurdy
The technical capability, management expertise, and close contractor relationships behind the moon landings are essential to NASA’s future success.
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A Brief History of Project Management Development at NASA
By Ed Hoffman
Effective training, frameworks, and forums must reflect the needs and experience of practitioners. Read more...
Shaping the Space Age: The International Geophysical Year
The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, made one the most important discoveries of the IGY.
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Using the Moon to Learn
About Living on Mars
Young argues that the planned lunar outpost needs a medical laboratory. Read more...
Space Science: Forty-Five Years
of Thinking and Tinkering
Making the most of scarce resources and collaboration between scientists and engineers are key to continuing NASA’s impressive history of scientific discovery. Read more...
Discovery-Driven Science
By Dr. James B. Garvin
The chief scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center discusses revolutionary findings in space science. Read more...
NASA and the Future of Knowledge
By Laurence Prusak and Don Cohen
Trust, strong personal networks, and respect for local expertise characterize organizations that use knowledge effectively. Read more...
Success, Failure, and NASA Culture
By Dr. Stephen B. Johnson
The root causes of failure are often cultural, not technical. Read more...
The Societal Impact of Space Flight
By Steven J. Dick
The NASA historian looks at studies of the economic, political, and social impact of the space program.
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NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board: A Historical Perspective
By Carol Anne Dunn
Thanks to ICB awards, many NASA innovations find new uses outside the space program. Read more...
