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...
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...
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...
[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.The Coefficient of Drag The Toyota Prius' unique shape is one factor that helps it get incredible fuel economy. ©...
Every time I look at VHDL code written by (sometimes veteran, sometimes not so much) firmware engineers, the code looks similar: a bunch of signals coming in with their direction encore in the name, and sometimes the polarity as well, but very little in the way of functionality: sometimes...
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...
A recently published biography by tech writer Ashlee Vance, which Musk participated in reluctantly and minimally, has drawn attention for portraying Musk as Asperger’s-ish in his interpersonal dealings (on the subject of dating, Vance wrote that Musk asked him, “How much time does a woman wa...
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...
By recording how much the probe has to move, it effectively measures the peaks and troughs of the specimen's surface. A computer turns this information into a map of the specimen that shows up its detailed atomic structure. One big drawback of ordinary electron microscopes is that they ...
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...