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Walking a fine line
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Bothwell, Mary |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | My division was charged with building a suite of cameras for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project. We were building the science cameras on the mass assembly, the microscope camera, and the hazard and navigation cameras for the rovers. Not surprisingly, a lot of folks were paying attention to our work - because there's really no point in landing on Mars if you can't take pictures. In Spring 2002 things were not looking good. The electronics weren't coming in, and we had to go back to the vendors. The vendors would change the design, send the boards back, and they wouldn't work. On our side, we had an instrument manager in charge who I believe has the potential to become a great manager, but when things got behind schedule he didn't have the experience to know what was needed to catch up. As division manager, I was ultimately responsible for seeing that all my project and instrument managers delivered their work. I had to make the decision whether or not to replace him. |
| File Size | 9062309 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20040059816 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t47q3z60q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nasa Programs Project Management Personnel Management Mars Roving Vehicles Employee Relations Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
