October 30th, 2008 - VOL. 1 Issue 10

In This Issue

Message from the Academy Director

Can We Learn to Innovate?

Innovation is critical to our continuing progress in space. Can it be learned?
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Features

Reflections on the Project Management Institute's 2008 North American Congress

The Project Management Institute (PMI) North American Congress, held in Denver in mid-October, reflected the growth of project management as a profession, writes Academy Director Dr. Ed Hoffman.
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Academy Brief: Performance Enhancement Support for Project Teams

No matter where your project team is in its life cycle, the Academy offers direct support that can help.
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Academy Holds Masters Forum 17

NASA's 50th anniversary was the theme of the Academy's seventeenth Masters Forum, which took place at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) from October 28-30, 2008.
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Tool Innovation: The Distributed Observer Network (DON)

Video game technology is providing the basis for robust visualization and collaboration capabilities at NASA.
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Can the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving Help You?

What's the contradiction in the problem you're trying to solve? The Theory of Inventing Problem Solving (TRIZ) may help you find the answer.
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Innovative Partnership Resources

Learn more about NASA's publications that deal with innovation and public-private partnerships.
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Inventor's Bookshelf

Designing Interactions

If a system is both digital and interactive, it falls under design guru Bill Moggridge's broad definition of interaction design.
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View from the Outside

South Korea Prepares KSLV-1

As it readies the first Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-1) for flight, South Korea aims to become the ninth country to launch its own satellite within its borders.
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This Month in NASA History

Thirtieth Anniversary of Nimbus 7

Nimbus 7, the last in a series of R&D weather satellites operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, launched on October 25, 1978.
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In the Current Issue of ASK

+ A New Astronaut Seat
by Dustin Gohmert

+ International Cooperation: When 1+1=3
by Toshifumi Mukai

+ Staying Motivated During Tough Times
by Jennifer Cole