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Month: July 1997
Assessment of MCC Ops During the Power Loss Event of 7/17/97

From: Sent: Monday, July 28, 1997 1:42 PM To: ALGATE, ANDREW F. (JSC-DA8); AUSTIN, BRYAN P. (JSC-DA); BANTLE, JEFFREY W. (JSC-DA8); BRISCOE, ALAN L. (LEE) (JSC-DA); CASTLE, ROBERT E. (BOB) (JSC-DA8); DAVIS, SALLY P. (JSC-DA); DYE, PAUL F. (JSC-DA); FERRING, MARK J. (JSC-DA); HALE, N W., JR (WAYNE) (JSC-DA8); HAM, LINDA J. (JSC-DA8); HANLEY, JEFFREY M. (JEFF) (JSC-DA8); HILL, PAUL S. (JSC-DA8); KELSO, ROBERT M. (ROB) (JSC-DA); KIRASICH, MARK A. […]

  • NASA Watch
  • July 28, 1997
Stafford Task Force Fact-Finding Meeting Denver, CO July 23-24, 1997 Meeting Summary

General Stafford gave a general introduction and thanked members for attending. He stressed the importance of the upcoming safety and operational readiness assessment for STS-86. General Stafford explained that he was creating a Task Force Red Team, led by General Ralph Jacobson, to lead the Task Force STS-86 assessment effort to gain efficiencies due to the time constraints under which the Task Force was working. Frank Culbertson briefed the Task […]

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  • July 24, 1997
Better-Cheaper-Faster: The Risk of Being Open and Honest (Part 2)

Lesson Two: It isn’t better-cheaper-faster just because you say it is. Better, cheaper , faster. That is what NASA is supposed to be doing on all of its programs. Dan, you’d think that the preeminent place to practice this approach is the International Space Station program – NASA’s largest single activity – and one which will span decades. You’d think this would be especially true inasmuch as the ISS program […]

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  • July 18, 1997
Better-Cheaper-Faster: The Risk of Being Open and Honest (Part 1)

Last week I posted a short editorial piece: “Better-cheaper-faster (Mars Pathfinder) vs marginal-value, over-run, oft-delayed (ISS). Which is the true future of NASA, Dan?” In that editorial I said “I just can’t figure out your plans. On one hand, you have ushered in the revolutionary Mars Pathfinder successes on the heels of the Mars Observer failure. Yet, during precisely the same time frame, in the very same NASA, you abandoned […]

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  • July 16, 1997
Letter to Dan Goldin About Neutral Buoyancy Simulator Closure

From [email protected]: Dear Mr. Goldin: We are writing to request information regarding the recent decision by NASA to close the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). As you know, this facility holds a unique place in the history of our nation’s space program. In addition, this facility provides a back-up capability for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) training for Space Shuttle operations and could also do so for […]

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  • July 9, 1997