Keep the team as small as possible. Having been on several of these mega-projects, they seem to grow magically. People are attracted to the project like moths to a flame. — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
NSS strongly supports the usage of space to provide benefits to people living on the Earth. The Iridium satellites enable first responders to communicate rapidly during an emergency anywhere in the world. — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
Don't bring on the design engineers too soon. One of the worst things you can do in the early phases of a project is… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
The commercial space industry owes a huge debt to Patti Grace Smith. There might not be a commercial spaceflight industry were it not for… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
NSS is delighted to support the New Horizons mission by helping to share this exciting milestone in space exploration with the general public in… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
The National Space Society is proud to have EIS as our flagship spaceflight program, and we look forward to the remarkable results that will… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
Spend 10% of the project budget making sure you understand problem, the key technologies involved, and have looked at all of the options before… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
NSS has strongly supported competition in both the NASA Commercial Re-supply Services program and the Commercial Crew program. — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
If there's going to be the development of a commercial space economy, whatever it is, shouldn't you do your exploration to prepare a path… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from the student… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
Competition like that seen between Blue Origin and SpaceX is key to rapid progress in space. — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
The key here is that with planning, you can take advantage of opportunities, where without this planning, you may just watch them pass you… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
Blue Origin's successful capsule escape demonstration represents a material step toward a fully re-usable sub-orbital vehicle. — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
