what is productivity
well in simplest terms it's finding a
better way
a quicker way a less costly way to get
the job done
or it's making changes both big and
small that will improve your work
environment and boost your morale like
better lighting or an upgraded computer
it's working smarter
how do employees feel about being
involved in pets
well we asked some members about their
participation and this is what they said
it was a nice
learning environment for me
through the pet team i was able to learn
how to solve problems with the other
people in my department and i really
enjoy the group process
the benefit i get from the pet
is more a feeling when when you when
you're at the meeting
and you're talking about
the project or whatever you get this
this feeling like you're really doing
something
it's made me more aware of the overall
picture instead of just the little part
of the job that i have to do
launched high above the clouds and
filtering atmosphere on february 14 1980
the solar maximum observatory is a
source of very detailed information
about the sun
for the first nine months of the planned
two-year mission the satellite collected
spectacular new data
hundreds of scientists gathered at
nasa's goddard space flight center in
greenbelt maryland and had ground
observatories around the world to study
the sun and solar flares
scientists made numerous discoveries and
raised many new questions about the sun
then in late 1980 three fuses failed in
the attitude control subsystem module
this meant that the satellite could no
longer point precisely at the
observation areas on the sun
well sepi what was the influence of
apollo and shuttle on your program at
that time
i think we can best answer that question
if we walk up now to the shuttle bay
trainer and take a look at our latest
mms spacecraft that's just been
delivered from the production line good
now that we're up here dutch i think
i can better explain the impact and the
influences that both the apollo and the
shuttle program had on our spacecraft
architecture
perhaps the most single
critical dilemma that was posed to us in
the early 70s
was the dilemma of having to deal
with how to shuttle eyes
and make our spacecraft systems
serviceable
servicing and repairing unmanned
satellites at space station
robots constructing colonies for men and
women to live and work together on the
moon and the planet mars
these are bold complex space missions
being considered by nasa for the 1990s
and well into the 21st century
to support these spellbinding space
adventures
nasa is directing an aggressive program
in automation and robotics
one of the key nasa centers developing
state-of-the-art robotics for space
station freedom is nasa's goddard space
flight center just outside of washington
dc
goddard will develop the flight tele
robotics servicer called fts for short
for space station freedom
plans call for the fts to assist the
astronauts in the assembly of space
station freedom
while fts will be limited initially to
spacecraft servicing and maintenance
tasks
ultimately it will be able to reach
retrieve and service unmanned satellites
in an unprecedented manner saving
millions of dollars
this slide involves
depicts case study four
which was a lunar outpost to mars
evolutionary strategy
that emphasized using the moon
as testing it as a stepping stone
in a place that's only three days from
earth and in terms of learning the
experience and
of how to live and learn to work in an
extraterrestrial environment and develop
that as well as develop the leverage
of extraterrestrial resources the key
thing we looked at here was to what
degree with the resources and the
experience base of the moon give the
capability and leverage your way to
explore onto mars in contrast to case
study two which is the direct
exploration of mars from earth i think
it's the first time we've set up a
contrasting case on a system i get
excited when i hear john talk about
building the ships
because that's really what the program's
all about it's about exploration
and consequently i'm very excited about
my new assignment
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hello and welcome to nasa update after
having to delay launch for 24 hours
because of sheer winds at high altitudes
the space shuttle atlantis lifted off
pad 39b at kennedy space center december
2nd just one minute before its launch
window would have closed and then after
a classified four day nine hour and five
minute mission the atlantis glided in
for touchdown on runway one seven at
edwards air force base in california at
6 36 pm eastern time tuesday
atlantis's commander hoot gibson and
pilot guy gardner tested the shuttle's
newly designed brakes and nose wheel
steering system during the landing
and finally on december 5th nasa
celebrated pioneer venus 2's 10th year
circling the planet venus
at nasa's ames research center in
california there was cake and champagne
in honor of the little spacecraft that
could
and earlier at a news conference held to
discuss the achievements of the pioneer
project scientists stressed the
parallels between the greenhouse effect
on venus where surface temperatures are
reported at 900 degrees and the earth dr
donald hunton said venus is an allegory
of what a future earth could be
this is not just a chicken little
running around and saying the sky is
going to fall it's something real
something we understand something that
can happen and something that really
does happen
and we should not ignore these warnings
there are times when there are chicken
littles of course uh in environmental
areas and other areas but this these two
examples of stratospheric pollution and
greenhouse effect are real those are not
the sky is falling
and that's it for this edition of nasa
update i'm jim kakowski in washington
thanks for watching see you next week
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