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The importance of learning by doing

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From the Academy Director

Ed Hoffman, Director, NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership

And the Band Played On

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The Knowledge Notebook

The Limits of Knowledge

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Highlights: Issue 41, Winter 2011

Applied Knowledge: NASA Aids the Chilean Rescue Effort

By Don Cohen
NASA's spaceflight expertise helped bring trapped Chilean miners safely to the surface.

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Mars on a Budget

By Randall Taylor
Why did this faster, better, cheaper project succeed? Openness to outside help is one reason.

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The Innovation Paradox

By Ed Hoffman
Sometimes organizational "support" kills good new ideas.

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Stories

Applied Knowledge: NASA Aids the Chilean Rescue Effort

By Don Cohen
NASA's spaceflight expertise helped bring trapped Chilean miners safely to the surface.
Factoring in Humans

By Haley Stephenson
We still have a lot to learn about the effects of microgravity on astronauts.
The Path to Scientific Discoveries: Designing the Cassini Solstice Mission Trajectory

By Brent Buffington
Planning orbits for Cassini's extended science mission is a science and an art.
Mars on a Budget

By Randall Taylor
Why did this faster, better, cheaper project succeed? Openness to outside help is one reason.
Spaceflight Hardware on a Service Contract

By Jason Crusan, Marybeth Edeen, Kevin Grohs, and Darren Samplatsky
A performance-based contract rewards successful operation of new space station hardware.
Explosive Lessons in Hydrogen Safety

By Russel Rhodes
Learning the hard way to reduce liquid hydrogen risks.
Lessons from the National Ignition Facility

By Matthew Kohut
An ambitious new project demands new approaches to planning and management.