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NASA provides funding for way-out space proposals, including a flying boat for Titan

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The grant for the TitanAir flying-boat proposal is the second NIAC award for Quinn Morley, who founded Planet Enterprises back in 2001 when he was in high school. Weed, who’s based in Seattle, served as an engineer at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and is a program manager for the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

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White, a 2001 Morgan State University graduate with a bachelor’s in computer science, speaks from experience: He had two pivotal internships that propelled his professional career. Making internships impactful Although Abraham and Norman had positive experiences, Wang says internship programs are not all of equal value.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

The BVOP approach helps to develop professionals’ collaboration skills, and candidates for certification not only gain project and product management skills, but also learn to become more people-focused leaders. Certified Project Management (CPM). Program Management Professional (PgMP). Price: $130.

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Radian Aerospace comes out of stealth and raises $27.5M for orbital space plane development

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million to grab the grail: In the late 1990s, NASA spent nearly a billion dollars on Lockheed Martin’s X-33 single-stage-to-orbit concept before the project was canceled in 2001. Air Force’s Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in the 1980s — and went on to become a program manager at Boeing, focusing on reusable space systems.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

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Founded in 2001, Slalom currently has more than 9,500 employees globally. Hoge spent 16 years at Microsoft, most recently as group program manager for the Windows 11 user experience. Oppenheimer is the founder of advisory firm CameoWorks and BoardReady, a non-profit promoting board diversity.