Subject category:
Production and Operations Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 15 January 2004
Revision date: 3-Sep-2020
Length: 26 pages
Data source: Field research
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This case is set in spring 2000, several months after two successive, failed missions to the planet Mars. Students are asked to evaluate the reasons for these failures in the context of NASA's 'Faster, Better, Cheaper' program, which was initiated in 1992. They are also faced with the task of reconstructing a program for the exploration of Mars that considers the many uncertainties - political, financial, outcome related, and scientific - that can impact the program.
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Production and Operations Management
Published by:
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Version: 23 March 2006
Length: 24 pages
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Subject category:
Production and Operations Management
Published by:
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Version: 15 January 2004
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
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This case is set in spring 2000, several months after two successive, failed missions to the planet Mars. Students are asked to evaluate the reasons for these failures in the context of NASA's 'Faster, Better, Cheaper' program, which was initiated in 1992. They are also faced with the task of reconstructing a program for the exploration of Mars that considers the many uncertainties - political, financial, outcome related, and scientific - that can impact the program.
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Subject category:
Production and Operations Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 23 March 2006
Length: 24 pages
Data source: Published sources
Subject category:
Production and Operations Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 15 January 2004
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research