Even at NASA, host to some of the brightest engineering minds, the term "collaborative engineering" might not elicit excitement until you imagine its possibilities -- better spacecraft designs within a shorter turnaround time. Thanks to a recently launched NASA software system, more efficient space mission planning soon could be a reality. Developed by a team of engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the new system was created to support the NASA design teams charged with engineering the spacecraft of tomorrow – advanced vehicles to realize the Vision for Space Exploration. The vision plans for the return...