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Art Ocain speaking at MITRE ResilienCyCon 2022 and also attending RSA 2022

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Learning from the Past: Mars Orbiter Failure Due to Quality

            The NASA Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) mission suffered a series of defects leading up to its mission in 1999 which led to catastrophic failure of the orbiter spacecraft.  The root cause of the failure was the use of the incorrect units between Lockheed Martin and NASA in system interfaces.  Some places used metric and…

Motivational Factors

            Motivation plays a key role in learning and productivity at school and at work.  Engagement refers to the level of commitment to a goal or organization, where motivation is the willpower and drive to act on that commitment.  Engagement and motivation are both needed and forward momentum is lost if a person becomes unmotivated…