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Boeing Executive Speaks to Aldridge Commission
St. Louis - Mar 08, 2004 Boeing provided industry perspective on managing large, complex "systems-of-systems" for the President's commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond during a public hearing today in the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Mike Mott, vice president and general manager of Boeing NASA Systems said the President's vision for space exploration is affordable and sustainable. "I have no doubt that the program managers we are training today will be up to the task of managing the incredible complexity and uncertainty of the endeavor this commission is evaluating," he said. The presidential commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, chaired by Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge, invited Mott to speak about techniques for managing systems to be developed for a return to the moon and beyond. Mott provided several lessons learned from Boeing's experience as the prime contractor for the International Space Station, which he called a global project involving the scientific and technological resources of 16 countries and the efforts of more than 100,000 people. He also spoke about the keys to successful lead systems integration which include owning the system architecture; enforcing requirements; full government, academic and industry collaboration; ensuring independence from actual hardware production; development of system-of-systems engineering tools and using an open architecture that can take advantage of new technologies. The President's Commission is charged with building consensus and providing recommendations to the President regarding moon research activities, increasing young people's interest in space science, and bringing in industry and other countries as space partners. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Aldridge Commission Boeing SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
Spicing Up Space Meals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2006Since its launch a year and half ago, Minimus.biz has quickly become the place to go for individual and travel size items. Last week, NASA came to Minimus.biz and purchased several different travel size condiments to send with the astronauts to the International Space Station. |
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