Bruce Pittman

Don't start vast projects with half-vast resources.

— Bruce Pittman

Don't bring on the design engineers too soon. One of the worst things you can do in the early phases of a…

— Bruce Pittman

The commercial space industry owes a huge debt to Patti Grace Smith. There might not be a commercial spaceflight industry were it…

— Bruce Pittman

NSS is delighted to support the New Horizons mission by helping to share this exciting milestone in space exploration with the general…

— Bruce Pittman

The National Space Society is proud to have EIS as our flagship spaceflight program, and we look forward to the remarkable results…

— Bruce Pittman

Spend 10% of the project budget making sure you understand problem, the key technologies involved, and have looked at all of the…

— Bruce Pittman

NSS has strongly supported competition in both the NASA Commercial Re-supply Services program and the Commercial Crew program.

— Bruce Pittman

If there's going to be the development of a commercial space economy, whatever it is, shouldn't you do your exploration to prepare…

— Bruce Pittman

Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from…

— Bruce Pittman

Competition like that seen between Blue Origin and SpaceX is key to rapid progress in space.

— Bruce Pittman

The key here is that with planning, you can take advantage of opportunities, where without this planning, you may just watch them…

— Bruce Pittman

Blue Origin's successful capsule escape demonstration represents a material step toward a fully re-usable sub-orbital vehicle.

— Bruce Pittman

Projects are usually undertaken to either solve a problem or take advantage of an opportunity. The probability that the project - even…

— Bruce Pittman

Keeping the risk management plan up to date can transform it from a door stop into a vital project management tool. Remember:…

— Bruce Pittman

We endorse Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos' vision of 'millions of people living and working in space' - this is the heart…

— Bruce Pittman

You see this swirl of ideas and interaction of different players. Those interactions are helping to increase the pace of commercial space…

— Bruce Pittman

The re-use of a Dragon capsule is yet another example of how SpaceX uses cargo flights to prove out new technologies that…

— Bruce Pittman

Elon just presented a plan for settling the solar system in this century that is realistic and affordable. In my paper, 'A…

— Bruce Pittman

If you have a Falcon Heavy, and you have a Dragon, and you have a Bigelow module, then all of a sudden,…

— Bruce Pittman

We look forward with great anticipation to see the course that the National Space Council charts for America's future in space.

— Bruce Pittman

NSS is pleased that VP Pence has provided a strong endorsement for public-private partnerships in space.

— Bruce Pittman

NASA is a big organization with a lot of needs that have to be met. So there are a lot of opportunities.

— Bruce Pittman

Keep the team as small as possible. Having been on several of these mega-projects, they seem to grow magically. People are attracted…

— Bruce Pittman

NSS strongly supports the usage of space to provide benefits to people living on the Earth. The Iridium satellites enable first responders…

— Bruce Pittman

The Enterprise In Space program is an exciting opportunity to simultaneously advance cutting edge technologies while getting students from around the world…

— Bruce Pittman