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...
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has captured the world’s imagination with its exploration of Mars from the air. It recently completed its eighth successful flight, but as an experimental piece of technology it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the plucky little helicopter — it has also had to...
You can master everything in How NASA Builds Teams described so far and find yourself unable to take action unless you are in the mindset of response-ability. What takes us out of this state? We lose our capacity to respond by entering one of the four drama states: rescuer, blamer, ...
SETI astronomer Dan Werthimer has spent decades analyzing data from massive radio telescopes, looking for signals from beyond Earth (much like Jill Tarter, director of the Center for SETI Research, on whom Carl Sagan based the main character in the 1997 movie "Contact") [source: Exploratorium]...
For this reason, NASA designed EMUs for work in weightless conditions only, where the weight of the suit itself is unimportant. The Apollo suit, by comparison, was much different. Including the life support backpack, the Apollo suit weighed about 180 pounds (82 kilograms). Most space stations...
NASA and the Russian Space Agency have found that the best way to minimize loss of muscle and bone mass in space is to exercise frequently. You'll exercise as much as two hours every day on various machines (treadmill, rowing machine, bicycle). You have to be restrained during your exerci...
1860s–1870s: Working independently, French engineers Joseph Étienne Lenoir (1822–1900), German engineer Nikolaus Otto (1832–1891), and Karl Benz develop the modern car engine, which runs on relatively light, clean, energy-rich gasoline—a much more practical fuel than coal. 1884: Englishma...
14. NASA Image and Video Library A more specialized resource, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)official websiteincludes a searchable database of photos and videos. If you’re looking for videos about space or rockets, this is the best video search engine for you. The...
So much of the ET redesign has focused on eliminating places where condensation can occur. ET redesign Photo courtesy NASA First, the bipod fitting is the forward point where the ET attaches to the underside of the orbiter. Engineers and technicians discovered that this point is especially ...
You shouldn't spend your time coding. Leave that to the engineers: your value lies elsewhere now. But does that means you must forget all things technical? The answer is an astoundingNO. Here are some arguments: Do engineering managers need to be technical?- Yes. “Looking forward to the...