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ABOUT THE BOOK
The NASA way: lessons on leadership, teamwork and corporate culture. How does NASA take on seemingly insurmountable challenges, recover from tragedy and continue to attract the best and brightest talent?
Through the use of NASA oral histories and interviews, this book shows how NASA recovered from tragedy and adversity, and how it developed a culture of competency that continues to attract the best and brightest.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DR. DAVE WILLIAMS is an astronaut, aquanaut, pilot, ER doctor, scientist, CEO, and bestselling author. The former Director of Space & Life Sciences at NASA's Johnson Space Center, he has flown in space twice. He holds the Canadian spacewalking record and was the first Canadian to live on the world's only undersea research habitat. He has received the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the Langley Research Center Superior Accomplishment Award. Dr. Williams is the recipient of six honorary degrees, the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
ELIZABETH HOWELL, PhD, is a Canadian journalist focusing on space exploration. Her clients include CBC, SpaceQ and Space.com. She has seen rocket launches in the United States and Kazakhstan, lived on a simulated Mars base and interviewed dozens of astronauts. She teaches technical writing and communications for several postsecondary institutions. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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