NASA : Innovation and Collaboration

Posted by Quintanilla
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In the past few months I have been working doing research on methods to make my group more effecient and productive.  In the process of doing this I stumbled upon a vendor that is currently developing a Wiki/Sharepoint type software that is geared towards sharing calculation methodologies.  We all know the impact Wiki type software has had in the world from our experience with Wikipedia.  The marvels of this type of thinking has yet to be untapped.  

 I believe that this type of software has unlimited potential for what we do here at NASA.  That being stated I was wondering if any of you guys would know who I could talk with to introduce this software? 

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Goddard LaunchFest

Posted by Lamb
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Ok, so as a quick admission, I’m totally embarrassed that it took me until now to think about posting this here.  However, for those of you in the DC area, there’s a really cool event called LaunchFest happening at Goddard this Saturday for the public.  We’re expecting as many as 20,000 people!

 Take a look at the website: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/events/launchfest.html.

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