Technology & Engineering

Reverse Engineering Vedic Vimanas: New Light on Ancient Indian Heritage (India Heritage)Author: Kavya VaddadiPublisher: Independently PublishedPublication Date: 43159Number of Pages: 370...

The report includes many estimates of the fatality- or injury-risk increase for aging a year, or the risk for a female relative to a male of the same age, given similar physical insults: by vehicle...

Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close...

From the very beginning of its association with NASA in 1958, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory UPL) received its fair share of public recognition for its successes and failures in pursuing the...

The United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Environment and Energy (AEE) has developed the System for assessing Aviation's Global Emissions (SAGE) with support from the...

The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center's Automation Applications Division (DTS-56)is developing and implementing the FAA's enhanced Traffic Management System as one component of ongoing...

The objectives of this document are to provide: (1) guidelines on how to design a highway noise barrier that fits with its surroundings and performs its intended acoustical and structural functions...

Since the earliest days of spaceflight, substantial concern has been expressed regarding the physical needs of astronauts, including any biological damage that might result from exposure to radiation...

his interim report describes the preliminary findings of the first year of a two-year NHTSA-finded study which focused on three topics: 1) emergency exits, 2) interior and exterior emergency exit...

This third volume of the Apollo Spacecraft Chronology covers the sixteen-month period from October 1, 1964, to January 20, 1966. During this period the major emphasis of the program was on the...

At the opening of the tenth year in the era of man's mobility in outer space, we can look back on 1966 as offering convincing evidence that the United States had gained great competence. This...

The first decade of the Space Age is behind us and now in the hands of the historians. It was a period of dynamic advance, bringing new appreciations of our solar environment and new capabilities to...

This volume provides an immediate reference to aerospace-related events of 1970, enabling all of us to broaden or to refresh our crowded memories. As part of NASA% chronology series it is intended to...

This volume is the eleventh in NASA's series of annual chronologies of astronautics and aeronautics. The intent is to provide a preliminary historical reference which at least identifies, orders, and...

This Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance Report is the seventh in a series of occupational respiratory disease surveillance reports produced by the National Institute for Occupational...

Surveillance is the cornerstone of prevention: It helps us identify new and emerging problems, track and monitor issues over time, target and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention efforts, and...

Commercial fishermen continue to risk their lives and livelihood as they labor to bring food to tables around the world. Few occupations are as dangerous as that of a commercial fisherman's, and we...

This safety evaluation report, documents the technical review of the Palisades Nuclear Plant license renewal application by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff.Author: U. S. Nuclear...

The Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment manual (MARSAME) is a supplement to the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) providing...

PHREEQC version 3 is a computer program written in the C and C++ programming languages that is designed to perform a wide variety of aqueous geochemical calculations. PHREEQC implements several types...

In response to the 1975 Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant fire, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Appendix R to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50. To support fire...

This technical history is intended to provide a technical audience with an introduction to the rendezvous and proximity operations history of the Space Shuttle Program. It details the programmatic...

This volume in NASA's continuing series of annual chronologies records the events of 1973. The 15th year of the space agency's existence is memorable to the public as the Year of Skylab and the Year...

In some form, risk management (RM) has always been an integral part of virtually every challenging human endeavor. A formal and, at that time, qualitative RM process known as Continuous Risk...

NASA uses aerobraking (AB) to reduce the fuel required to deliver a spacecraft into its desired final orbit around a target planet or moon with a significant atmosphere. Instead of using the...

The Nation's aquatic resources are among its most valuable assets. Although environmental protection programs in the United States have successfully improved water quality during the past 25 years,...

There is a deep spiritual connection between Native American people and the earth. Tribal communities are strongly committed to the restoration and protection of the natural environment, including...

Guidance for facilities on how to determine whether they're required to report to the TRI Program, how to fill out reporting forms, changes to reporting requirements (if any) for RY 2012, and other...

Guidance for facilities on how to determine whether they're required to report to the TRI Program, how to fill out reporting forms, changes to reporting requirements (if any) for RY 2014, and other...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) Strategic Plan, which details measures to accelerate the development and reduce the cost of new and...