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- Nasa News 1.2 (Mobile)
- Stay up to date with all of the current news from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This includes information regarding live NASA public TV, breaking NASA news, NASA image of the day, the latest shuttle mission, the international space station, the constellation program, the Moon and Mars exploration, the shuttle...
- Tags: NASA, Mobile, RIV Creations
- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- NASA Mission Alerts 1.0 (Mobile)
- With NASA Mission Alerts keep up to date with all the latest mission-centric information from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It provides alerting and hosted news summaries.
- Tags: NASA, Mission, Mobile, Notice Software, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- To the Moon: Grumman, One Giant Landing for Mankind
- The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
- Tags: Spacecraft, Aircraft, LEM, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-19
- Bolden confirmed as NASA chief
- While the Senate Judiciary Committee grills Judge Sonia Sotomayor over her speeches if not her decisions, the full Senate confirmed President Obama's choice to head NASA, former astronaut Frank Bolden, The Register reports. In accepting, he called for a renewed commitment to "technological leadership": Today, we...
- Tags: NASA, U.S. Senate, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Management, Career, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- NASA Provides Interactive, 3-D Views of the Next Mars Rover to the Public
- A charter of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is to educate the public and inspire students. NASA hosts a Web site for the purpose of generating public awareness about the Mars Science Laboratory rover known as Curiosity. The Mars team wanted to add even greater interactivity to let...
- Tags: 3D, NASA, Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Team Management, Web Technology, Internet, Management
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- AvisMap Deskpro 5.0.2 (Windows)
- AvisMap Desktop Professional 5 is a professional desktop GIS software for map editing, managing, analysis attribute data, aid decision-making transactions and output map, print tables, 3D modeling, and other functions. As a complete analysis management tool, AvisMap Despro 5 is applicable in land management, forestry, electric power, telecom, traffic, city...
- Tags: Decision-making, Microsoft Windows, Analysis, Compaq DeskPro, AvisMap GIS Technologies, AvisMap Desktop Professional 5, Tools & Techniques, GIS, Management, Software
- Software downloads 2009-05-22
- Go med young man
- Every generation has a big task before it. My grandparents' generation worked in aeronautics and radio. My parents' generation created TV. My generation has built the Internet. But the best advice I can give young people today is, go med young man. And young woman. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Generation, Professional Development, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Career, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Pkware Case Study: Federal Government Agency #8
- The client is a Federal Government agency responsible for the safety of civil aviation. The agency maintains various responsibilities, including: regulation of civil aviation to promote safety; development of civil aeronautics; research and development of the National Airspace System; and regulation of US commercial space transportation. The agency is divided...
- Tags: Agency, PKWare, Government, Aviation, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-10-23
- Physics - getting a raw deal in schools?
- A British study, as reported by the BBC has found that physics is not only being taught less and less by those who specialize in the subject, but also not emphasized outside of a general science curriculum. While the research is focused on the UK, it brings up some...
- Tags: Physics, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Robofish teams of underwater robots
- Many of today's underwater robots need to periodically come up to the surface to communicate with their human supervisors. But researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a new kind of underwater vehicle. The Robofish can work cooperatively with each other. 'The Robofish, which are roughly the size...
- Tags: Team, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-07
- Designing for Harsh Environments Using Commercial Off-the-Shelf Products
- The need for Commercial Off-The-Shelf COTS Single Board Computer SBC products continues to grow as higher processing, smaller footprints and lower power requirements become more critical. For design engineers in medical, military, industrial, aeronautics and other fields, the desire for reduced size and heat projection parallels an additional requirement for...
- Tags: Environment, COTS, VersaLogic
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Simulating planes flying at Mach 6
- Scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, such as the X-51A aircraft being built by Pratt & Whitney and Boeing, should start to fly in 2009. And if everything goes according to plan, missiles flying at Mach 6 could be deployed by 2015. But designing such planes is not so easy. This...
- Tags: Purdue University, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- F-22 Raptor Screensaver 1 (Windows)
- The F-22 Raptor is a fifth generation stealth fighter aircraft. It was originally envisioned as an air superiority fighter for use against the Soviet Air Force, but is equipped for ground attack, electronic warfare and signals intelligence roles as well. Faced with a protracted development period, the prototype aircraft was...
- Tags: Aircraft, Microsoft Windows, Training, RateMyScreensaver, F-22 Raptor, F-22 Raptor Screensaver, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Manufacturing, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2007-12-05
- Photos: Commuter challenge in the skies
- This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000.This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000. The contestants were all flying...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, photograph, Cafe Foundation, Personal Aircraft Vehicle, Personal Aircraft Vehicle Challenge, flight simulation, purse, daylight, terrain, assortment, lamp, biodiesel, cabin, pass, aircraft, team, touch screen, USB, banking, Amazon.com Inc., mo
- Image galleries 2007-08-14
- Using NASA's World Wind Component in Your Java Technology Applications
- World Wind is open-source software, developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA that allows the user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM data, World Wind lets the user experience any part of earth's terrain...
- Tags: Imagery, Earth, NASA, Java, Java Technology, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Programming Languages & Translators: XML Document Manipulation Language (XDML)
- XML the Extensible Markup Language is a W3C-endorsed standard markup language for documents containing structured information. Its main purpose is to facilitate the sharing of data across different information systems, particularly via the Internet. In the last few years, XML has been adopted in fields as diverse as law, aeronautics,...
- Tags: XML Document, Programming Language, Programming, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2007-06-11
- Pelican3d Models 2.5 (Windows)
- Free 3d models in many formats (RWX, 3ds MAX and OBJ). A collection of 3d models from medieval, fantasy, architecture, military, vehicles, space, aeronautics, and humans and animals in colorful 3d. From acrylics to pixels, Pelican3d.
- Tags: Pelican3D, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-02-12
- Terminal Server, Networked Apps Help NASA Cut TCO
- NASA's Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, Calif.) holds the agency's Center of Excellence for Information Technology CEIT. With some 4,000 civil servants and contractors working in a mixed PC/Mac/UNIX computing environment, deploying basic productivity applications such as Microsoft Office requires some users to keep multiple desktop machines. As a result,...
- Tags: NASA, Microsoft Windows Terminal Server, Server, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Servant, Roi/Tco, Desktops, Microsoft Office, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- NASA to reveal major Google announcement Monday
- NASA to reveal major Google announcement MondayTax evasionThere has been talk for quite a while about Google moving a large portion of its operations onto Moffett Field, where Ames is located. They are doing this under the guise of working with NASA, but it seems that the major motivation is...
- Tags: NASA, Space Act agreement, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-16
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics - Global F-35 Aircraft Coalition Builds Unique Collaboration Network
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics wanted three primary industrial partners, plus up to 1,000 suppliers in 30 countries. As many as 5,000 aircraft with at least three design variants with goals include unprecedented design/build cycle reductions, lowest cost of sustainment for 30-year life of fleet. The Lockheed Martin-led F-35 team turned to...
- Tags: Collaboration, Network, Lockheed Martin Corp., Product Marketing, Aerospace & Defense, Marketing, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2006-10-01
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