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Using NASA's World Wind Component in Your Java Technology Applications

whitepaper Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data, World Wind lets the user experience any part of earth's terrain in visually rich 3D form, just as if one were really there.

Tags: satellite communications

[28 Mar 2008]

Simulation of TCP for Orbiting Spacecraft Through the TDRS Satellite System

whitepaper NASA engineers have designed an interface system that connects the Space Shuttle and Space Station communication system to the Internet on Earth. Simulations of the behavior of the modified TCP protocol over the Space Station or Space Shuttle links...

Tags: tcp - ip

[14 Jan 2008]

Aerospace Dynamics International Uses NX CAM to Speed NC Programming for Large, Complex Parts Produced on High-Speed, Five-Axis Machines

whitepaper Aerospace Dynamics International (ADI) manufactures large components such as aircraft wing spars and bulkheads and panels for the space shuttle's external fuel tanks. Aerospace Dynamics International no longer has time to code intricate machine...

Tags: groupware - workflow

[14 Jan 2008]

Podcast: Building the James Webb Space Telescope

whitepaper Since a system failure would involve a space shuttle mission to repair, the software needs to be right the first time. When the Webb Telescope takes off for its perch in space, it will be operated by some 200,000 lines of software code.

Tags: diagnostics and analysis, space, nasa, ibm rational

[29 Nov 2007]

Podcast: Building the James Webb Space Telescope

whitepaper Since a system failure would involve a space shuttle mission to repair, the software needs to be right the first time. When the Webb Telescope takes off for its perch in space, it will be operated by some 200,000 lines of software code.

Tags: space, nasa, ibm rational, telescope

[29 Nov 2007]

MySQL Stored Procedure Programming: Error Handling

whitepaper For a certain class of applications - software supporting life support systems or the space shuttle, for instance - this level of perfection is actually a part of the requirements, because any unexpected failure of the software would be catastrophic.

Tags: application servers, programs, execution, machine

[24 Oct 2007]

DoS attack could shut down the net

News Silva said: "Our monitoring systems now resemble those for the space shuttle. Denial of service attacks are growing faster than bandwidth is being added to the internet, according to VeriSign, the company that administers the dot-com domain.

Tags: cyber attack, verisign, dos

[26 Sep 2007]

Criticality of Data Quality as Exemplified in Two Disasters

whitepaper The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and the shooting down of an Iranian Airbus by the USS Vincennes were the result of two serious consumer software and management errors. Both disasters have been reviewed in detail in the literature...

Tags: disasters, data quality, cases, theory

[01 Feb 2007]

Quality Assessment and Validation of Digital Surface Models Derived From the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)

whitepaper The first mission using space-borne single-pass-interferometry was launched in February 2000 - the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The goal of this mission has been to survey the Earth's surface and generating a homogeneous and dense...

Tags: accuracy, mission, band, radar

[30 Jan 2007]

Advanced UK Project Management Software Helps Launch Space Shuttle

whitepaper Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Michoud Operations at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Until recently, Lockheed Martin - which has been making the fuel tanks for over a quarter of a century - created the master...

Tags: project management, martin, facility, century

[14 Apr 2006]

Nortel Networks Case Study: NASA Kennedy Space Station's Joint Industry Press Center (JIPC)

whitepaper The Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, wanted to provide wireless mobility, connectivity and accessibility to journalists from around the world reporting the most recent space shuttle launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

Tags: mobility, space, mesh, journalists

[10 Jan 2006]

Photos: Rocket-propelled 'F1' racing jets

Photo Former Columbia space shuttle commander colonel Rick Searfoss (pictured) has been appointed chief pilot by the Rocket Racing League and will fly the EZ-Rocket X-Racer prototype at its inaugural launch on 9 October in New Mexico.

Tags: gps

[05 Oct 2005]

Satellite Services to Provide Space Shuttle Video Feeds and Digitally-Enhanced NASA TV

whitepaper NASA will utilize AGS' satellite services via Marshall, to provide Space Shuttle video feeds during pre-launch, launch and re-entry. AGS will also broadcast NASA TV, which is transitioning from one analog channel to multiple digital channels.

Tags: satellite communications, video, feeds, space shuttle

[23 Aug 2005]

VMware Helps Lockheed Martin Space Operations Provide Low-Cost, Efficient Support to NASA

whitepaper When Lockheed Martin Space Operations was awarded NASA's $3 billion+ Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC), the contractor took on the responsibility of providing end-to-end space operations support for NASA missions, including the Space...

Tags: server consolidation, space, nasa, contract

[02 Aug 2005]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Significant Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Financial Management Problems

whitepaper NASA has fundamental problems with its financial management operations that not only affect its ability to externally report reliable information, but more important, hamper its ability to effectively manage and oversee its major programs, such as...

Tags: financial management, financial management, affect, program

[25 May 2005]

Leader: BI not just for rocket scientists

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...

Tags: business intelligence, bi

[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...

Tags: nasa, information builders, shuttle, blackberry

[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.

Tags: gadgets, scuba

[18 May 2005]

Interactive 3D Dynamic Simulator for the Space Shuttle - Deployed Tethered Satellite Systems

whitepaper A new nonlinear dynamic model of the Space Shuttle - Tethered Satellite System has been developed and implemented in a new MATLAB package (with user friendly graphical interface), allowing interactive simulation and 3D animation of the TSS.

Tags: satellite communications, package, matlab, space shuttle

[24 Feb 2004]

A Case Study for IV&V Return on Investment

whitepaper 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.

Tags: software engineering, ground, mission critical, evidence

[24 Feb 2004]

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