Human Factors: Designing Systems with People in Mind - Part 2 of 2

Human Factors: Designing Systems with People ...

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Human Factors: Designing Systems with People in Mind - Part 1 of 2

Dr. Cynthia Null, NASA Technical Fellow for Human Factors, discusses how understanding human capabilities and limitations can help engineers reduce risk and design safer, more successful missions from the start. 

 . 18min 59sec
Passing Down Knowledge

Heather Koehler, NASA Technical Fellow for Flight Mechanics, explains how knowledge at NASA is passed from person to person, program to program. 

 . 16min 36sec

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