Speech Recognition - A Computer at Astronauts' Command
Astronauts must feel envy for the octopus. Imagine them performing a water analysis. The task requires astronauts to read instructions from a manual and test the drinkability of their water while holding down the testing apparatus-all while ... [... more]
CIO |
Using ITIL to Save the Apollo 13 Astronauts
Could your IT team band together to save the Apollo 13 astronauts? That's the mission for participants in a novel IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) training program run by CA (formerly Computer Associates). Knowing the Apollo 13 story (in which ... [... more]
CIO |
How to Research Salary Ranges and Benefits for an Astronaut
Astronauts earn between $40,000 and $82,000 a year, based on the civil service pay scale GS-11 to GS-14. Each individual's past experience and achievements play a part in determination of the starting salary. Access the NASA website at nasa.gov ... [... more]
eHow |
Nanosensors For Future Astronauts
In addition to medical doctors that poke and prod them, astronauts on interplanetary missions may be monitored by microscopic sensors carried inside their bodies. "Our goal is to develop a noninvasive system that, when placed inside white blood ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
The Next Threat to Astronauts: Moon Dust
NASA is planning to build a lunar outpost by 2024, but the agency has a nitty-gritty problem to tackle first: jagged, ultraclingy moon dust, which could threaten the entire mission. Apollo astronauts discovered that the dust, with grains roughly ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
Astronaut, Lifeguard
Pam Melroy has the best job in or out of this world -- literally. Pam is only the second woman to ever act as a spaceship commander. But getting to the top of the space program was anything but easy for this astronaut. Pam has invested years of ... [... more]
Fine Living |
Career Characters - Astronaut
 Features: Career Overview of the Astronaut Includes astronaut, capsule and moon Introduces the solar system and space travel Amazon Minimum Age: 36 months Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Toy EAN: 0765023837018 Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months Model: [... more]
$18.95
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Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to ...
Great guy, deserves a better book: I've read way too many space books, so I love the subject matter, but the style of this one was too breezy, lacking in important detail. Each chapter is about 12 words long, so you get the impression this was either [... more]
$15.00
Amazon.com |
AstroSquad Amy Taylor Female Shuttle Astronaut
Features: The Astronaut stands about 5.5 inches tall. Her ankles bend and her wrists even rotate. A great figure with magnetic boots allowing her to attach to any metal surface and look like she is hanging in space. Includes a portable life support [... more]
$11.99
Amazon.com |
Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir
A memoir by one of the "new breed" of astronauts: There are many excellent books written by and about the Right Stuff astronauts who flew during the earlier days of the space program. However, until recently, there has been a nearly total lack [... more]
$14.95
Amazon.com |
Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir
A memoir by one of the "new breed" of astronauts: There are many excellent books written by and about the Right Stuff astronauts who flew during the earlier days of the space program. However, until recently, there has been a nearly total lack [... more]
$26.95
Amazon.com |
Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon
An Outstanding Wokr: If you grew up in the 1960s and could name every astronaut and recount the details of each Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo mission (or, if you didn't), this outstanding work is a very important milestone and accurate record that enables [... more]
$25.00
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