The key here is that with planning, you can take advantage of opportunities, where without this planning, you may just watch them pass you by. Like knowing that a key potential customer may be at a conference and putting together a pitch just in case you run into them – or being caught by surprise with nothing coherent to say. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from the student intern can be vital. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
We endorse Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos’ vision of ‘millions of people living and working in space’ – this is the heart and soul of the NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
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 to bring on a bunch of detailed design engineers and then not give them clear direction and close supervision. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Spend 10% of the project budget making sure you understand problem, the key technologies involved, and have looked at all of the options before you dive into the detailed design. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
NSS has strongly supported competition in both the NASA Commercial Re-supply Services program and the Commercial Crew program. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
Blue Origin’s successful capsule escape demonstration represents a material step toward a fully re-usable sub-orbital vehicle. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
Elon just presented a plan for settling the solar system in this century that is realistic and affordable. In my paper, ‘A Pathway to a Thriving Commercial Space Economy’ at IAC, I also laid out a path forward to a growing economy in space that produces new opportunities for all. Bruce Pittman Read Quote
