1. “Strategic Business Planning” NASA Space Program Application

2. NASA Space Program Current State and Forces of Change
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NASA Space Program Current State and Forces of Change
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 was enacted on July 29, The act specifically charged NASA with eight objectives, including “the establishment of long-range studies of the potential benefits to be gained from, the opportunities for, and the problems involved in the utilization of aeronautical and space activities for peaceful and scientific purposes.”
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into a low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957.

3. NASA Space Program Vision
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NASA Space Program Vision
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Report to the Congress
May 25, 1961

4. NASA Space Program Mission
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NASA Space Program Mission
“To provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes.”
Source: The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

5. NASA Space Program Big Goal
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NASA Space Program Big Goal
“Beat The Russians”
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Apollo 11 Astronaut

6. NASA Space Program Strategic Pathway
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Lunar Landing
July 20, 1969
NASA Space Program Strategic Pathway
Project Apollo
Project Gemini
Project Mercury
JFK Speech
May 25, 1961

7. NASA Space Program Continuous Improvement Strategies
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NASA Space Program Continuous Improvement Strategies
July 20, 1969
New space suit design for space walks
Lunar rover for rough terrain
Onboard computers to calculate complicated rendezvous maneuvers
Fuel cells for generating electrical power
May 25, 1961
Worldwide communications network essential for manned space flight

8. NASA Space Program Remarkable Achievement Strategies
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NASA Space Program Remarkable Achievement Strategies
July 20, 1969
Neil Armstrong / Buzz Aldrin – First lunar landing and liftoff
Ed White – First American space walk
John Glenn – First American in orbit
May 25, 1961
Alan Sheppard - First American in space