Today, the workplace is much more diverse with regard to race, gender, and age. A web-based survey was used to collect data from a sample of engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 260 out of 583 engineers responded to the survey. 238 cases provided useable data for analysis. A...
A few tiles had broken off during the launch sequence, which informed NASA that engineers would need to make adjustments to head off future problems with other launches. Since Columbia's launch, there've been more than 130 Space Shuttle missions, and the program has inspired hundreds of ...
Engineers will also monitor the boil-off rates of the methane and liquid oxygen in space. Over time, cryogenic liquids transition to a gaseous state without insulation or other measures to prevent boil-off. SpaceX and NASA officials want to know how much of the propellant will be lost...
dine and even catch a good night's sleep without any worries over the plane's soaring altitude or the mechanical means that keep them there. when something goes wrong, however, you need to be able to exit the plane and live to tell the story on the ground. as such, planes have boaste...
"incredifying"—incredible and terrifying at the same time. even though lorenzo had never heard of mit, the team from cambridge scared him, too. there were 12 of them—six ocean-engineering students, four mechanical engineers, and two computer science majors. their robot was small, densely ...
Dear Startup: You have no idea how much that costs- “We are completely clueless about how long things should take.” Here is atrick to handle expectation of unreasonable estimates. Escalation of commitment- A.k.a. sunk-cost fallacy, or the rational explanation of why the hell do we stil...
Photo courtesy of NASA Glenn Research Center (NASA-GRC). Photo: One small part of a giant library of magnetic tapes! Tape libraries were commonplace well into the 1980s. Although we hear of it much less now, tape is still widely used today. Photo courtesy of the Carol M. Highsmith ...
Engineers and administrators can analyze these images and make recommendations to the crew during the mission. NASA also formulated ideas on how to repair damaged shuttles while in flight, including: Applying pre-ceramic polymers to small cracks Using small mechanical plugs made of carbon-silicone ...
How NASA Builds Teams: Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams by Charles J. Pellerin CHAPTER 3 The 4-D System A SIMPLE TOOL TO ANALYZE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE I began my time at the University of Colorado ravenously reading the business book genre. Mo...
To make that more readable: Cd = D / (A * .5 * r * V^2) [source: NASA] So realistically, how much drag coefficient does a car designer aim for if they're crafting a car with aerodynamic intent? Find out on the next page....