Tuesday, May 03, 2005

NASA's management 'Culture Changes'?

"Now, it's mostly about power and prestige and preserving ones own stature in the organization,"
-former NASA astronaut Jim Wetherbee.

"Do I think we are headed in the right direction? No, I think we need to improve and change the culture. We need to develop a system where the rulers at the top are willing to listen the folks down at the bottom,"
-former NASA astronaut Jim Wetherbee.

"We are never going to be able to say, 'We've fixed our culture.' If we ever say we have fixed our culture and it's perfect, then we have a problem because we should always be trying to make ourselves better,"
-Space Shuttle Discovery commander Col. Eileen Collins.