...Abstract .................................................................................................................................................. 2 I. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Mars Odyssey Overview and Missions ................................................................................................. 3 III. Launch Vehicles .................................................................................................................................. 4 IV. Aerobraking........................................................................................................................................ 5 V. Instruments ......................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) ................................................................................ 6 2. Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) .................................................................................................. 7 3. The Mars Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE) ................................................................. 7 VI. Results ............................................................................................................................................... 8 VII. Legacy .......................................
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...The Mission to Mars Project Signature Assignment Submitted to: Dr. Archer 06/28/2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe what the Mission to Mars Project and understand how they plan on surviving accordingly and what they plan to accomplish. The Mission to Mars project is a huge exploration venture for man-kind and can possibly cause a paradigm shift in our world as we know it today. I will describe the Mission exactly as it planned and many flaws that come with their plans. NASA has been defunded so this mission has been privatized by a nonprofit organization (Mission One). Mission One is seeking individuals to volunteer for their mission to Mars. The individuals they choose for the mission will have to expect to live on Mars and colonize the red planet. Most of their plans are just theory and I will research more of their plans like growing vegetation, using solar power, and survival. Introduction to “The Mission to Mars” Project Many great men and women have been able to experience the glory beyond our atmosphere. Retired NASA astronaut, Frank Borman, was one of those great men. Borman was one of the first 24 individuals to fly around the moon. Borman is a modern explorer, beyond the constraints of the seas, or land, Borman was able to reach new heights. This great explorer once said, “Exploration really is the essence of the human spirit, and to pause, to falter, to turn our back...
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...The air on Mars — what there is of it — is leaking away, about half a pound a second sputtering into space, scientists announced on Thursday. The planet’s early atmosphere is thought to have been as thick as or thicker than Earth’s today, and even over the 4.5-billion-year history of the solar system, that slow leak would not explain how it atrophied to its current wisps. But new readings from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission — Maven, for short — show that when Mars is hit by a solar storm, the ferocious bombardment of particles from the sun strips away the upper atmosphere much more quickly. That could help explain the disappearance of the atmosphere. The sun during its youth was more unsettled, with many more solar storm eruptions, and it shone...
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...IGO's are made up of countries as the members. The main mission of the organization is to draw the plans for the future of the European space program and make sure that it carries out the mission. Although it is the European Space Agency, there are other many countries that are involved to develop technology and advancements in space. Countries such as Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom are involved in the acts of ESA. The headquarters are located in Paris and there are around 2000 staff working for ESA, from all the Member States and include scientists, engineers, information technology specialists and administrative personnel. In the Interaction Policy Brief it explains the expansion of IGO's and the effects the military has based on decision making. When speaking about the ESA, it is a type of organization which fits into this learning objective. The military is important because it should be used only to ensure the effectiveness in meeting security objectives. When working on space projects and involvment with satellites, the military is always involved. This is especially when so many different countries are involed. The military then ensure the "three pillars" of security. These are development, diplomacy, and defense. In January of 2003 - European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin introduced the...
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...Principles of management APPLIED RESEARCH (USMC 3RD MAR DIVISION) William Roeder Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts and Sciences and Distance Learning In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelors Computer Science Park University December, 2014 This paper or presentation is my own work. Any assistance I received in its preparation is acknowledged within the paper or presentation, in accordance with Park University academic honesty policies. If I used data, ideas, words, diagrams, pictures, or other information from any source, I have cited the sources fully and completely in a citation within the paper and also listed on the reference page. This includes sources which I have quoted or that I have paraphrased. Furthermore, I certify that this paper or presentation was prepared by me specifically for this class and has not been submitted, in whole or in part, to any other class in this University or elsewhere, or used for any purpose other than satisfying the requirements of this class, except that I am allowed to submit the paper or presentation to a professional publication, peer reviewed journal, or professional conference. This is not a draft, and is submitted for grading to satisfy in part the requirements for this course and the program(s) in which I am enrolled. In typing my name following the word 'Signature', I intend that this certification will have the same authority and authenticity...
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...Mouwdy 0831545 ESS 102 AE The Curiosity Mars Rover has become a Twitter celebrity these past couple years. In the upcoming science-fiction paper, we will be taking a look inside the mind of curiosity to see what his day-to-day life is like on Mars. Specifically, it will discuss Curiosity’s inception, construction, fictitious rise to sentience, journey to Mars, as well as give a glimpse into its first couple years on the Red Planet. The aim of this paper is to explore the technological advancements specific to robotic missions to space that were required in order to make the Curiosity mission possible. In today’s world, one tends to take robotic space travel for granted. However, it has not always been as easy as it is now. In fact, it is still a very complicated process that takes thousands of people and...
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...NASA Research Paper Chelsea Best 4138567 LSTD 300 Professor Kerney Since its beginning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been pivotal in the scientific advancements made in the United States. Their vision, “To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.” The scientist and researchers for NASA are trying to answer questions not just about the universe at large, but also about everyday human lives here on Earth. There are four focuses of NASA’s activity, called mission directives. Aeronautics, which focuses on meeting the worldwide demand for more eco-friendly and sustainable aircrafts. Human Exploration and Operations which involves operations on the International Space Station (ISS), developing commercial spaceflight and the ability for humans to explore beyond low-Earth Orbit. Scientist are exploring not only the Earth itself, but the universe beyond as well and works on charting the best exploration paths for us to continue discovering the universe. Space Technology is the final mission directive of NASA which combines elements from the others to develop and create the most innovative technology to aid future missions. NASA is also working hard to aid in the development of a private sector in space travel. Their hope is that by commercializing some aspects of space travel, such as routine trips to the ISS, more of their resources will be available for furthering their overall goals...
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...Finance 20.3 (2014): 1-12. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Mar. 2016. People who graduated with a college degree still questions whether college was a good investment for them. “Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?” addresses how students who graduated with a college degree are still unemployed and in debt. Furthermore, students have paid more to attend college and earning less upon graduation. This academic journal compares both the pros and cons of attending college. It contains graphs and illustrations that contribute more data about increasing tuition and how it affects your decision about whether to attend college. “The total costs to attend a 4-year college outweighs some people’s home value.” I thought this quote summarizes the academic journal very briefly. “Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?” is a scholarly source and an academic journal. The data in it is really reliable for my research paper. It contains graphs and illustrations which could be used to make conclusions. This academic journal is more biased towards the people who believe that the benefits of college do not outweigh the costs. I could potentially use this source to support my thesis more efficiently. I could use this to provide more backing to my body paragraphs. Alger, Vicki E. "Why College Costs So Darn Much . . . And What We Can Do To Fix It." Independent 25.2 (2015): 1-6. Academic Search Complete. Web. 7 Mar. 2016.f In this article Vicki E Alger discusses the...
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...I'm not sending in anything heres a yahoo news article: There has been a long-lived bit of Apollo moon landing folklore that now appears to be a dead-end affair: microbes on the moon. The lunar mystery swirls around the Apollo 12 moon landing and the return to Earth by moonwalkers of a camera that was part of an early NASA robotic lander – the Surveyor 3 probe. On Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean made a precision landing on the lunar surface in Oceanus Procellarum, Latin for the Ocean of Storms. Their touchdown point was a mere 535 feet (163 meters) from the Surveyor 3 lander -- and an easy stroll to the hardware that had soft-landed on the lunar terrain years before, on April 20, 1967. [Video: Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3 Probe] The Surveyor 3 camera was easy pickings and brought back to Earth under sterile conditions by the Apollo 12 crew. When scientists analyzed the parts in a clean room, they found evidence of microorganisms inside the camera. In short, a small colony of common bacteria -- Streptococcus Mitis -- had stowed away on the device. The astrobiological upshot as deduced from the unplanned experiment was that 50 to 100 of the microbes appeared to have survived launch, the harsh vacuum of space, three years of exposure to the moon's radiation environment, the lunar deep-freeze at an average temperature of minus 253 degrees Celsius, not to mention no access to nutrients, water or an energy source. [Photos: Our Changing Moon] Now...
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...institution is going to suffer. — Jeanne Holm, Chief Knowledge Architect for NASA In the spring of 2002, Jeanne Holm, Chief Knowledge Architect for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was giving a tour of JPL. Stopping at a viewing stage above JPL’s mission control center, Holm explained the growing need for knowledge management at NASA: Almost 40% of JPL’s science and engineering workforce is currently eligible for retirement. In just four years, half of NASA’s entire workforce will be eligible. Many of these people are the most experienced project managers—the people who worked on Apollo (the mission to the Moon) and built the first space shuttle. Yet, we have few programs designed to bring their wisdom into our institutional memory. In the past 10 years, the budgets on our missions have been radically reduced, missions have multiplied ten-fold, and our scientists and engineers have been pushed to the limits. Three years ago, we endured the highly publicized failure of two missions to Mars. NASA as a whole, and JPL in particular, have really struggled to find the right balance between mission performance and cutting-edge space exploration. With some of our most experienced scientists and engineers poised to leave in the coming years, these issues have the potential to become...
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...Kudler Fine Food (Problem Statement) The paper should examine Kudler Fine Foods existing issues and identifying current strategy. The paper should discuss Kudler’s marketing and Strategies for better positioning for growth. Kudler Fine Foods, founded by Kathy Kudler in 1998 with a vision to grow into several store in high end markets. In summary and as shown in the 2003 strategic plan illustrated that Kudler Fine Foods was founded by Kathy Kudler first in La Jolla – California area, followed by two additional stores in 2000 and 2003. While the KFF La Jolla location was doing well, there were some challenges on the second location in Del Mar – California in which consideration for merging the Del Mar store with the third location in Encinitas - Carlsbad, California. Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) vision “Kudler Fine Foods will be the premiere gourmet grocery store for those savvy shoppers who are searching for the finest meats, produce, cheeses, and wine” the vision statement automatically set the targeted customers with specific passion for gourmet cooking and fine wines from a singles source. Kudler Fine Foods important task is to understand to look outside the box and look into ways to how to reach the market and review their current position, marketing & strategy plans among few other issues and have a mission statement to align with base on some kind of key metrics to measure progress. KFF entire operations carried issues that became problems. Some of the issues also...
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...Kudler Fine Foods Strategic Plan Executive Summary The management team of KFF have undertaken a goal of developing a new strategic plan to capture the new direction of the company. The strategic plan will include a new mission statement, a new vision statement, and a new value statement. One of the steps to be taken to redefine the direction of the company is to perform an environmental scan. An internal and an external environmental scan will be performed to understand the important information necessary to move the company in the correct direction. For a project as large and important as redefining the company direction, tools will be used to organize the endeavor. These tools will include a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and a Gantt chart to organize and plan the new strategy to be implemented. One part of the plan will focus on people and include training and recruiting qualified personnel. Another step will focus on process improvements, and this step will contain market development, concentric diversification, and channel control. The last step will contain products, and this step will focus on technology and product analysis. The implementation plan will define the goals and schedule each of the parts of the work breakdown structure. Another important step in the new strategic plan will be understanding the financial implications of the plan, including the risks and rewards. A detailed risk management plan to include environmental disasters must...
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...nonprofit organization was established to make the U.S. government more accessible to its citizens and small businesses by easing the process of navigating through the federal bureaucracy in order to apply for government contracts and resources. In addition, the organization’s growth has allowed The Elias Group to distribute grants to fund academic and professional research of importance to group members (Apollo Group Inc, 2013).. The purpose of the establishment of The Elias Group is stated in the organization’s mission which is “Through research and professional expertise, we provide opportunities for businesses (particularly small and disadvantaged businesses) to supply goods and services to U.S. Government entities through the General Services Administration schedules and contracts.” Moreover, this mission exemplifies the founder’s continuing expression of the spirit of public service (Apollo Group Inc, 2013). As a result, The Elias Group continues to strive to accomplish their mission by employing a full-time staff of 31 personnel and a network of over 100 specialist that provide consultations, services, research, and assistance needed for businesses to contract with the U.S. government (Apollo Group Inc, 2013) . Benefits of Information Systems Although The Elias Group has experienced organizational growth from its beginnings in 1997, the organization can benefit from new and improved information systems. The new or improved information systems will allow the organization...
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...How does Online/Video Gaming affect its Players and Society? North Carolina State University. “Online gaming augments players’ social lives, study shows.” ScienceDaily. 27 Mar 2014. Web. 21 Jul 2014. The new research shows that online social behavior is not replacing offline social behavior in the gaming community. Instead, online gaming is expanding players’ social lives. This article shows several tracking results to prove this point. “Gamers are not the antisocial basement-dwellers we see in pop culture stereotypes, they’re highly social people,” says Dr. Nick Taylor, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and lead author of a paper on the study. “This won't be a surprise to the gaming community, but it’s worth telling everyone else. Loners are the outliers in gaming, not the norm.” Indeed, in recent years, a lot of players of massively multiplayer role-player games such as War of Warcraft (WOW) took an in-depth survey about their offline social lives. At the same time, researchers tracked the offline behavior of these players. The result showed that most of these players had high social skills both online and offline. It means online gaming do not affect players’ offline social behaviors, however, online gaming can even improve players’ social ability. As a WOW player, I do absolutely understand reasons of this situation. First, massively multiplayer role-player games almost create real social environments to let players talk, drink and chat online....
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...Regulatory and Compliance Issues Paper •If auditing of financial statements is required primarily for the protection of public investors, should not all PCAOB members be taken from the investment community that uses audited financial statements? •What regulatory compliance requirements apply to various business situations? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a private-sector, nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies and other issuers in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports. Since 2010, the PCAOB also oversees the audits of broker-dealers, including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws, to promote investor protection. All PCAOB rules and standards must be approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Commentators occasionally suggest that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is mis-named. Some urge that the word “accounting” should be dropped from the Board’s name -- since the Board has jurisdiction over auditing, not over accounting principles. Others argue that the words “public company” don’t really belong, since the Board doesn’t oversee public companies. I have even heard it suggested that our largest impact will be on auditing standards, and that the word “standards” should be added in place of “public company accounting”...
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