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GP-B Post-Flight Analysis—Final Report - Gravity Probe B - Stanford ...

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It is important to note that from this point through 1998, <strong>GP</strong>-B was actually managed by a three-person team,comprised of Program Manager Parkinson, Hardware Manager Turneaure, and Principal Investigator Everitt.Each of these men had knowledge and skills complementary to the other two, so that together, the three formeda synergistic, and very effective management team. In terms of division of responsibility, it was often the casethat Everitt and Parkinson dealt with top-level program issues, while Turneaure managed the day-to-dayhardware development.Furthermore, during the 15-year period from 1985 through 2000, six <strong>Stanford</strong> experimental physicists, eachwith a different area of specialization, were promoted to the position of Co-Investigator, forming a strongsecond tier of management to aid in various aspects of hardware development and experimental design andtesting. Pictured in Figure 6-3 below are the six <strong>GP</strong>-B Co-Investigators: Sasha Buchman, George (Mac) Keiser,John Lipa, James Lockhart, Barry Muhlfelder, and Michael Taber.Figure 6-3. The six <strong>GP</strong>-B Co-Investigators. Clockwise from top left: Sasha Buchman, George (Mac) Keiser,John Lipa, James Lockhart, Barry Muhlfelder, and Michael Taber.The next few subsections provide a more detailed discussion of <strong>GP</strong>-B accomplishments, challenges, and issuesthat occurred during Professor Parkinson's term as Program Manager, which lasted until August 1998.6.2.6 NASA Makes <strong>Stanford</strong> Prime Contractor on <strong>GP</strong>-BIn the process of reviewing and preparing to fund the revised <strong>GP</strong>-B flight plan, Samuel Keller, then DeputyDirector of the NASA Office of Space Science Applications, decided to make <strong>Stanford</strong> NASA's PrimeContractor on the <strong>GP</strong>-B mission. This was one of the first NASA missions, and at that time, the largest, in whicha university was given the prime role of managing the development of an entire space flight mission—scienceinstrument, spacecraft, mission operations and data analysis.148 March 2007 Chapter 6 — The <strong>GP</strong>-B Management Experiment

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