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Project Management Culture: Case Study on DeTech The case study, “What Helps Us Come This Far?” (Milosevic, Patanakul, and Srivannaboon 2010), is an excellent example of positive project and program culture contributing to extraordinary achievements for the Defense Support Program (DSP) at the global defense and technology company DeTech. Within DeTech, the DSP is a major program of the Space Technology sector, and partners with the government to produce satellites and other space system…

On the contrary, critics argue that funding of space exploration has some drawbacks. Most people believe that NASA’s activities consume too much taxpayer money from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The public also believes that NASA’s $17.647 billion budget on space technology is not being justified neither does it reap any benefits. However, this is a completely false allegation. NASA’s projects do not require a lot of funding as people think. According to Piantadosi (2012), “NASA’s large federal and…

In preparation for the destruction of Earth, humans are to be transported to continue life on the planet Mars. Scientists have been studying this planet for decades. Research and experimentation have shown Mars is capable of supporting human life forms and other organisms. However, the time and money necessary to accomplish such a feat would be astronomical. Matt Williams, the Guide to Space Curator for Universe Today, expresses his opinions on this phenomena in his article, “How Can We Live on…

As time changes so does the world. Every single thing of our life we live becomes a memory for tomorrow. As I look back at these memories, I am able to see the difference of life today. Today and the 1950s have only a few things in common. The vehicles are the main mode of transportation. In spite of the fact that they share a few likenesses, there are some things they are different between now and the 1950s. Compare to fifty years ago, technology is at its finest, the typical cost of basic…

Unbelievable! In the year of 2022, humans will be living on the red planet, Mars. Mars One is a program whose goal is to set up a permanent human colony on Mars. Although, this is an exciting idea, it is not practical and is likely to fail; for instance, Mars One doesn’t have the right technology, not enough money, and their plan is too generalized and nonspecific. Mars One doesn’t have the right technology to make their plan work. For example, Mars One wants to send a pressurized rover to…

Blindsight is a science fiction novel that takes place in the year 2082. This novel is about a group of astronauts' part of a ship called Theseus, that set out to explore the solar system due to radio signal the received from outer space. During the exploration Theseus makes contact with a vessel called Rorschach that contains an alien life, after the crew of Theseus communicates with this peculiar life they come to realize how evil yet intelligent they are and what they are capable of. This…

Should NASA Fund Asteroid Studies Many people agree that NASA should fund asteroid studies. I believe that the government should put more money into asteroid studies and fund it. We can get resources from the asteroids. We can protect ourselves more and can learn more about the universe by studying them. If NASA gets resources from asteroids, they can stop using Earth materials. First, the resources and money they get can further the reach of getting asteroids. For example, the materials…

of the probes prior to it. Instead of using a simple parachute system it had to get rid of a heat shield and eventually abandon its parachute to complete the landing with rockets. Roughly 60 feet above the surface of Mars a crane emitted from the spacecraft to lower the rover to a gentle landing before colliding with Mars elsewhere. Curiosity had experienced no major problems since its launch from cape canaveral on November 26, 2011. This all changed in February 2013 when a glitch in the…

He was wet and muddy and hungry and cold and he was fifty thousand lightyears from home. A strange blue sun gave light, and gravity, twice what he was used to, made every movement difficult. But in tens of thousands of years this part of war hadn’t changed. The flyboys were fine with their sleek spaceships and their fancy weapons. When the chips are down, though, it was still the foot soldier, the infantry, that had to take the ground and hold it, foot by bloody foot. Like this damned planet of…

Should Money be spent on Space Exploration? It would be advisable that more money should be invested into NASA for space exploration purposes. The reason why this would be a good idea is because with NASA focusing on Space exploration they would have to find ways to make stronger and faster rockets and more filling meals for long space flights. In this essay, I will examine what NASA has done for humanity as well as what their primary goal is, additionally I will examine why NASA should get more…