BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE: EARLY YEARS OF SPACE SCIENCE (NASA Historical Series) by Newell Homer E

Author:Newell, Homer E. [Newell, Homer E.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Published: 2011-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

As professional scientists, these persons were by training and experience accustomed to deciding for themselves what ought to be done in their researches. While subjecting themselves to a rigorous self-discipline required to accomplish their investigations, they nevertheless approached their work in a highly individualistic manner. They questioned everything, including orders from above. While they could and did work effectively as groups, their cooperation included a great deal of debate and free-wheeling change on what was best to do at each stage. To trained engineers in NASA-for whom a smoothly functioning team, accepting orders from the team leader as a matter of course, was the professional way of going about things-the seemingly casual approach of the Goddard scientists looked too undisciplined to work.

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