[Mitworld] New: Kaiser on the Kennedy Center, Kraft on Mission Control

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[REINVENTING THE KENNEDY CENTER]

Kaiser gives an insider's view of the realities of running large
non-profit arts organizations in this interview filled with wisdom,
insight and candor. He explains that "measuring success in the for
profit world is so much simpler than in the non-profit worldÖbecause
success is not measured by financials."

SPEAKER:
Michael Kaiser
President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts



PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/339/>

[QUOTE]
"The trick to turnaround in the arts is that you scrimp on
everything but what goes on stage--your product and the way you
market it."

--Michael Kaiser

EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management

<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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[MISSION CONTROL OPERATIONS]

Kraft provides a very human story about the early days of space
exploration from his experience as flight director of the Mercury and
Gemini missions and gives his perspective on the challenges facing space

exploration today.

SPEAKER:
Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
First NASA Flight Director and Former Director, Johnson Space Center

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/336/>

[QUOTE]
"We decided we were going to put a man in space.  It was a daunting
task, but one which most of us realized from the get-go that we were
probably in the middle of man's greatest adventure. We were in what you
might call an engineering euphoria."

--Chris Kraft

EVENT HOST: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

<http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/index.html>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium
Annual Public Lecture

Michael Griffin
NASA Administrator

[DEVELOPING THE HARDWARE FOR FUTURE HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION]
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