{"id":11467,"date":"2021-08-18T00:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T00:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/?p=11467"},"modified":"2021-08-18T00:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T00:40:15","slug":"limitless-a-real-life-guardian-of-the-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/limitless-a-real-life-guardian-of-the-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Limitless: A Real Life Guardian of the Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11469 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cooper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cooper.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cooper-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Dr. Moogega \u201cMoo\u201d Cooper<\/strong> has been faced with the awesome responsibility to guard the galaxy \u2026 literally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She is the planetary protection lead of the famed <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mars2020\/\"><strong>NASA Mars 2020<\/strong><\/a> mission, and she told attendees to her Game Changer session at the ASAE 2021 Annual Meeting that the being part of an innovative culture that embraces new ideas with perseverance, curiosity and respect for the other professionals in the room is what led to a successful launch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Planetary protection both preserves our ability to study other worlds as they exist in their natural state <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">prevents possible harm to Earth\u2019s environment from returning spacecraft or samples. Cooper equated it to the mission for the National Park Service: \u201cLeave no trace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mars 2020 mission took eight years from concept to launch, and six of those years were dedicated to assembling the rover in a clean way &#8211; they didn\u2019t want any microbial hitchhikers riding into space that could impact their research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program delivered the most comprehensive planetary protection implementation to date. The rover itself was built in a clean room and wiped down piece by piece regularly. They took more than 16,000 samples over the years to ensure its cleanliness and wore \u201cbunny suits\u201d at all times to protect the equipment from the biggest risk of contamination: humans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a trailblazing engineer, Cooper shared five lessons that she said led her along her path to the launchpad:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Maintain a child-like curiosity. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea of landing on Mars certainly requires an imaginative spirit, as well as the ability to look at everyday objects not designed for spaceflight and to see them as a benefit to the mission. The cameras on the Mars 2020 lander were created using commercial off-the-shelf parts and hardware. That unconventional idea led to millions being able to watch the rover landing online on February 18, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Rules were meant to be broken \u2026 or at least questioned. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No, this doesn\u2019t mean throw out the rule book. Sometimes the intent of a rule or standard needs to be questioned, which can be done respectfully and with the end goal of the mission in mind.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Trust your team. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Build a diverse team of capabilities, experience and voices beyond your own. Give credit, but also be prepared to own failures.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Be risky. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Balance being risk averse with taking calculated risks. Set up an infrastructure to incubate and implement new ideas. Dedicate funds to develop and test new ideas. A \u201cdo no harm\u201d mindset can take you far by opening up the possibility of unexpected success.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Have a common goal. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creative solutions and innovative new paths can still lead your team to the same destination. There\u2019s no one right way to get somewhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mission success has to remain the No. 1 goal of any project. For the Mars 2020 mission that included an on-time July 30, 2020 launch. 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