JSC Welcome to Systems

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JSC Welcome to Systems Engineer Workshop To the
optimist, the glass is half full. ? To the
pessimist, the glass is half empty. ? To the
engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs
to be.
Steve Altemus October 2008
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JSC Workforce made up of over 3,200 civil
servants 13,000 contractors. 85 of JSC
employees have a college degree and 30 have a
graduate level degree.
NASA invests approximately 250 million dollars
in education programs and grants to motivate
students to pursue math and science careers,
benefiting NASA, the aerospace industry, and the
American public. NASA spent approximately 45M
in research grants and other work at Texas
universities and colleges in FY08.
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Fly the Space Shuttle safely until retirement by
2010. Complete the International Space Station
in a manner consistent with our international
partner commitments and the needs of human
exploration.
Bring a new Crew Exploration Vehicle into
service as soon as possible to replace the
Shuttle Program.
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Provide infrastructure and support services to
three major programs in different phases of
development. JSC manages the development,
testing, production and delivery of all U.S.
human spacecraft, and all human
spacecraft-related functions. Premier NASA
Center for ISS and for human space flight related
scientific and medical research efforts.
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• Executive Summary of SE Activities at JSC
• There are a number of activities across the
  agency and specifically at JSC in Systems
  Engineering (SE).
• Academia/Universities
• JSC Engineering Academy
• JSC Development Programs
• Engineering Leadership Assignments
• JSC is bridging the gap of systems engineers by
  ensuring a pipeline of new talent through
  in-house training, on-the-job assignments and
  academic training