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To the Moon: How we built the technologies

To the Moon: How we built the technologiesWestinghouseWestinghouse over came a ton of problems to build a video camera that met the power and weight restrictions NASA placed on them.At the time, most inviloved with the program pretty much thought of the camera as a nicity but wasn't all that...

Tags: Westinghouse

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

What will we find in the next 50 years of space exploration?

What will we find in the next 50 years of space exploration?the matter on Earth comprises only 4 percent of... the universeIsn't that just a tiny bit much? Maybe 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004% or a little less?Myself, i hopethey run into the Orion women. ;-)RE: What will we find in...

Tags: Cable, Shuttle, rocket, space exploration, orbit, shuttle, gravity

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Additional Resources

NASA app 1.0 (Mobile)

By downloading this first-ever NASA application for the iPhone, you will enjoy fast, direct access to accurate, up-to-date space mission content from a wide range of U.S. Space Agency sources - all in one easy-to-use mobile platform. The NASA software makes extensive use of built-in iPhone features and usability to...

Tags: NASA, Mobile, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

A.P.O.D. Screensaver 1.0.1 (Mac)

Discover the cosmos, space exploration or simply amazing photographs of nature and the sky with this screensaver based upon the Astronomy Picture of the Day web site. Each day a different image with a short description given by the best astronomers, astrophysicists at the time. These images and photographs are...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screensaver, Photograph, Image, Emeraude Cocoa

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Space Exploration for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Space Exploration for iPhone application is a concise and comprehensive overview of the immense and expanding field of space exploration. Providing a combination of historical and functional information, this survey should unravel any mysteries that may impede your understanding of space exploration. With this application, you should be able to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Exploration, Deep Powder Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-14

(NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon)

Total Waste of MaterialLets see, we explode a bomb and crash a satellite into the moon to try and confirm whether or not water is on it. And for what purpose? To make another return trip to the moon? To build space colonies? We don't have...

Tags: spacecraft, NASA, Darwin

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Chinese Toolbox Reader 9.2 (Windows)

Chinese Toolbox Reader helps you learn Chinese while you read online or digitized Chinese texts that are interesting to you. Basically, you learn to read Chinese by reading what you want, whether it be sports, the arts, news, space exploration. Chinese Toolbox Reader is a fast, Windows-based, Chinese reading assistant...

Tags: Character, Chinese Toolbox, Chinese Toolbox Reader, Date System, Level System, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-21

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

Space Trivia 1.0 (Mobile)

Space Trivia is an educational trivia quiz written for the iPhone with a selection of questions about basic astronomy and the history of space exploration. Space Trivia is suitable for age 12 and older.

Tags: Trivia, Mobile, Tomsoft, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-12

Next-generation students want careers in computing

Generation Z, the term referring to today's teenagers who have yet to finish their studies or enter higher education, see the computing and technology industry as being their most likely choice of career. In an online survey of just over 1,800 Australian teenagers, those aged between 12...

Tags: Computing, Professional Development, Career, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Google Earth takes you to the moon

On the 40th anniversary of the moon walk, Google launches the Moon in Google Earth, a way to view the moon and learn about the history of space exploration there. by CNET News.com

Tags: Google Inc., Moon, Google Earth, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-20

HP acquires cluster file storage software vendor IBRIX

 Today, HP announced that they will be acquiring the startup cluster file storage software firm IBRIX in a deal with few disclosed details. Congrats to HP for making another interesting acquisition in the clustered storage space, following their Feb. 2007 acquisition of Polyserve and their October 2008 acquisition of Lefthand....

Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBRIX, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Reichman

Blog posts 2009-07-17

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

To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame

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: Engine, Moon, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-15

To the Moon: How we built the technologies

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...

Tags: Radio, Satellite, Exploration, John F. Kennedy, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Euratlas Periodis Basic 1.0 (Mac)

Euratlas Periodis Basic, is a new version of the Historical Atlas of Europe. This map-by-map atlas is provided in vector mode so that the charts can be viewed with a maximal enlargement factor of 1600 % without quality loss and is provided as a PDF Adobe Reader document, readable under...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Europe, Euratlas Nussli, Euratlas Periodis Basic, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-06

Chinese Toolbox Free 9.1.2 (Windows)

Chinese Toolbox FREE helps you learn Chinese while you read online or digitized Chinese texts that are interesting to you. Basically, you learn to read Chinese by reading what you want, whether it be sports, the arts, news, space exploration. Chinese Toolbox FREE is a fast, Windows-based, Chinese reading assistant...

Tags: Dictionary, Chinese Toolbox, Chinese Toolbox FREE, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-25

News to know: Android notebooks; Twitter bugs; Samsung, Nokia

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks Ryan Naraine: Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Notebook, Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Smart Phones, TVs, Cellular Phones, Tv & Home Theater, Handhelds, Channel Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-06-16

(Lunar science takes off at NASA)

Lunar science takes off at NASALunar MissionThe purposes of going to the moon should be to:1. Construct a permanent, self-sustaining residences.2. Construct a lunar surface to L1, L2, L4, or L5 launch system for construction and supply of space-based construction platforms.3. Construct solar energy collection system...

Tags: Strategy, NOW IT, NASA, Lunar science

Discussion threads 2009-06-15