No Mars without Microsoft Project

We just finished the Key Note from the Microsoft Project Virtual Conference and it was great.  Very interesting and the Quote of the Day:

‘We would have never made it to Mars without Microsoft Project – we relied on it’, Dr. Steve Squyres, Principal Scientist of NASA’s Mars Rover Project

Thanks Steve for the great perspectives, insights, and cool Mars facts..  Looking forward to many more adventures, each and every ‘sol’. (Maritain joke)

Check out the recording here:  http://livestream.com/mpug/theultimateprojectlive

It’s All About Reporting, recording and one-pager: https://ppmworks.com/recording-available-microsoft-virtual-project-conference/

Event Description:

In January of 2004, twin robotic explorers named Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars. Expected to last for 90 days, the two rovers have now been exploring the Martian surface for more than six years. The development of Spirit and Opportunity required a team of more than 4,000 highly motivated engineers and scientists who overcame a host of technical challenges – challenges that were multiplied by an extraordinarily tight schedule literally driven by the alignment of the planets.

Join Dr. Squyres as he tells the fascinating story of Spirit and Opportunity’s initial conception, how he persevered through multiple rejections of his ideas by NASA, through development, and the design process that led to such extraordinary performance, launch, landing, and six years of exploration on Mars.