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On the Cover: No Launch Before Its Time

Story: Managing the Unexpected

Stories : Issue 20


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		A Glass Can Be Half Full -- Even in Microgravity By Tom Sutliff The project team's response to this challenge taught me how resilient people and projects can be when you give them the chance. + Read More

		Managing the Unexpected By Marty Davis You can go through your whole career and never have someone drop one of your spacecraft. I think that would have been nice. + Read More

		Warning: Projects May Be Closer Than They Appear By Colby Africa It was a crazy time. I lost 20 pounds. My team kept asking, 'What happened to our development manager?' + Read More

		Cleaning Out the Closet By W. Scott Cameron Like the closet that accumulates all the stuff we buy and never get rid of, we felt our list could stand a little spring cleaning. + Read More


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