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Leader: BI not just for rocket scientists
Leader When done well, business intelligence (BI) can bring big benefits - it can be used to track sales patterns or keep track of costs - Nasa is even using it to check the safety of the space shuttle. Taking the data held in your business systems and... [24 May 2005]
Nasa trials BlackBerrys for engineering reports
News The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is soon to begin a pilot project using BlackBerry mobile devices to give engineers working on the space shuttle access to reports on the move. The space agency is already using business... [18 May 2005]
Scuba diver gets hooked up for record attempt
News It is very similar to what astronauts went through before the space shuttle," Cooley said. Richard Henry will attempt to break a scuba endurance record this summer - and along with his regulator and mask, he's taking some video games. [18 May 2005]
A Case Study for IV&V Return on Investment
White Paper This brief, yet detailed report provides evidence that IV&V is worth every penny, especially when the system’s mission is critical, as in the case of NASA’s Space Shuttle Ground Systems. [24 Feb 2004]
The First 90,000 Miles are Toll-Free
White Paper It’s not E.T.phoning home - it’s the shuttle astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). And this call is private, two-way, and digital, more like the telephone call placed from a public phone booth on the Space Station... [24 Feb 2004]
The Kilogram and Measurements of Mass and Force
White Paper Whenever one buys groceries, takes medication, designs a bridge, space shuttle, or airplane, trades goods—whether grains, gold, or gemstones— mass plays a crucial and vital role. From the early history of humankind to modern times, mass... [24 Feb 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.04
Round-Up According to Reuters, the former president sent the email to the space shuttle while in orbit around the earth (that's the shuttle, not Bill) with the "help of Clinton staffers". In fact, it was an email to astronaut and senator John Glenn on his... [30 Jan 2004]
The Application of Engineering Plastics in High-Reliability Electrical Interconnect Systems
White Paper Imagine the space shuttle lifting off in an explosion of cryogenic fuel from its external tank and solid rocket boosters, climbing across the sky, entering space at hypersonic speed and then returning to earth through the scorching friction of... [14 Aug 2003]
Sun hopes Jini will answer corporate wishes
News Kotzen noted that it is being used in both Java business applications and embedded in devices that run the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) software, such as smart cards, and in far-flung systems such as that used in the space shuttle. [12 May 2003]
eBay users auction off Columbia debris
News One lot was described as 'Columbia space shuttle debris' with a starting price of $10,000. US web users have reportedly been offering debris from the Columbia shuttle, which ripped apart on re-entry to the earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, killing... [03 Feb 2003]
Hacker steals Nasa shuttle plans
News Among the files lifted from the system was a PowerPoint presentation introducing a proposed shuttle design which included detailed technical drawings of the top secret craft. It has emerged that a hacker last week broke into Nasa's network and... [13 Aug 2002]
Nasa goes to eBay for shuttle parts
News Nasa is searching the web for the parts because most of the hardware required to maintain the space shuttle, based at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, are no longer made. The parts are needed for the computers which perform the service and... [13 May 2002]
Abraham Lincoln's pardons sold on eBay
News In addition to Lincoln's pardons, the stolen items included civil war documents, slave trade documents and autographed photographs of astronauts taken during Apollo and Space Shuttle missions. Dozens of American documents of immense historic value... [12 Feb 2002]
Business tycoon ready to shuttle into orbit
News An internet security tycoon is set to become the world's second space tourist. Following in the footsteps of Californian millionaire Denis Tito, who shot into orbit courtesy of the Russian Space Agency for an estimated $20m, South African internet... [06 Dec 2001]
HP and Compaq: aiming for the stars
Comment The first space shuttle to be commanded by a woman was due to take off early this morning, while on Monday, Carly Fiorina was announced as Lew Platt's successor as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (see http://www.silicon.com/a31593 ). [20 Jul 1999]
