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... algorithms, and multi-element local traffic control algorithms is advisable. Lunar and planetary surface and near-surface navigation consists of navigation tasks performed at local surface worksites, on vehicles moving along ... sensor reflectors and transponders that can be affixed to mobile and stationery equipment. Surface and near-surface mobile navigation provides both relative and inertial navigational information for personnel and equipment traversing ...

... ? '''Armstrong:''' Well, they found that the way I had learned to fly before wasn't nearly what they expected. Laughter '''Brinkley:''' Just to backtrack for one second, you got your pilot ... at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis Missouri , working with the spacecraft as it was nearing completion, and participating in the testing of that spacecraft. So we all knew it very ... that mission, the docking, which was so important, and then the critical incident of the nearly fatal craft malfunction, yet the human element able to overcome that malfunction, what were the ...

... duration measured in months and years, 4) The lunar surface base comes on-line with near autonomous operations and daily-weekly planning capabilities'''. 5) Remote site sorties begin, supported by a ... systems, assets, tools, and processes that can be conceptualized, prototyped, and eventually inserted into the near-term asset systems. Ultimately, these assets cycle into the area defined as infrastructure. These assets ...

... three emperors, two kings and several princes were parleying together, a monster oxyhydrogen shell exploded near them and created fearful havoc. All the royal personages were blown to atoms, as were also many of their attendants. Their armies hardly had a chance of getting near each other, so fearful was the execution of the shells. Since then the world has ... kept passing regularly. By other electrical contrivances as well as these, rain can now be nearly always made to come at night and can be prevented from falling during the day ...

... recognized phenomenon is visual acuity degradation in astronauts exposed to microgravity. Many astronauts experience poorer near vision during their flight, and this degradation persists for years after. A number of studies ... rotating spacecraft is not needed. Instead, an onboard short-radius centrifuge may present a realistic near-term opportunity for providing astronauts with artificial gravity; various designs have been proposed. Tests are ...

... neoclassical astropolitical dictum to guide our way: "Who controls low-Earth orbit controls near Earth space. Who controls near-Earth space dominates terra. Who dominates terra determines the destiny of humankind." Dolman ... missions" are negotiated, planned and executed by all state and non-state actors on a near continuous basis from 2006 to 2081. ''' This scenario echoes the precedent of massive international action ...

... .R.B. establishments is the Canadian Armament Research & Development Establishment located at Valcartier Army camp near Quebec City. CARDE is responsible for most governmental armament development in Canada, and has exceptionally ... of accelerating small “payloads” at speeds comparable to a re-entering ICBM or satellite in near-vacuum conditions. This facility will be invaluable in solving many of the outstanding problems associated ...

... first spacecraft designed to rendezvous with an asteroid, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous ( Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR ) mission. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR spacecraft was scheduled for launch in February 1996 aboard a ... Eros for a minimum of one year, at altitudes as close as 15 miles. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR Science Payload would consist of six instruments: a multispectral imager system, a ...

... ) was making components and expected to integrate the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous ( Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR ) by early June 1995. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR was the second mission approved in NASA's Discovery ... . To make a scheduled January 1999 encounter with 433 Eros-a silicate rock asteroid- Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR would need to be launched within a two-week period beginning February 17 ...

... bang. Their light is just arriving at Earth now. Astronomers study the distant universe in near-infrared light because the expansion of space stretches ultraviolet and visible light from galaxies into ... questions. Rankings were determined through the Office of Personnel Management's Employee Viewpoint Survey of nearly 700,000 federal workers and will be announced Thursday morning at an event in Washington ...

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