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Academy of Program / Project & Engineering Leadership

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November 25th, 2008 - VOL. 1 Issue 11

In This Issue

Message from the Academy Director

Reflections on Masters Forum 17 and the Meaning of Exploration

Masters Forum 17 was an occasion befitting NASA's fiftieth anniversary.
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Features

Academy Brief: The Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program Study

The behaviors and characteristics of outstanding systems engineers were the subject of a six-month study led by Christine Williams, Director of the Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program.
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Filling the GAPPS: Global Project Management Standards

As projects have become increasingly international, some organizations have looked to the open source movement as a model for developing common global standards for project management.
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Inside the New Governance and Strategic Management Handbook

The new release of the Governance and Strategic Management Handbook (NPD 1000.0A) reflects important changes in the way that NASA functions as an organization.
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NASA on the Hill

CBO Analyzes the Human Space Flight Gap

A number of risks could increase the currently projected five-year gap in U.S. human space flight, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office.
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Bookshelf

Brain Rules

More than anything else, NASA depends on the brainpower of its workforce. Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules spells out what we need to know about the care and maintenance of our brains.
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View from the Outside

A New Vehicle for Exploring the Depths

It is a vehicle designed to travel to a cold, dark place where humans have never been before. Sound familiar?
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This Month in NASA History

30th Anniversary of the Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2)

The Einstein Observatory, the second of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, was launched into orbit on an Atlas-Centaur rocket on November 13, 1978.
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In the Current Issue of ASK

+ The Apollo Era: Working at Marshall in the Sixties
by Glenn A. Robinson Jr.

+ Lessons from Shuttle Development
by Jim Odom

+ Space Science: Forty-five Years of Thinking and Tinkering
by Noel Hinners

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