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Race to the sky : the Wright brothers versus the United States government / by Goddard, Stephen B.,1941-(CARDINAL)381123;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index.The battle is joined -- The primal urge -- Not so funny anymore -- A critical mass -- A national mission -- The Chanute factor -- The Wright stuff -- No simple matter -- The clock ticks on -- A new lease on life -- The invitation -- Down to the wire -- Grudging acceptance -- Aircraft for sale -- Their just deserts.
Subjects: Biographies.; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.; Aeronautics; Government competition.; Research and development contracts, Government;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Small, high technology firms, inventors, and innovation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, July 21, 22, 1981. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Science and Technology.Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight.(CARDINAL)281266;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: High technology industries; Research and development contracts, Government; Small business; Small business;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Department of Transportation : university research activities need greater oversight : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives / by United States.General Accounting Office.(CARDINAL)155659; United States.Congress.House.Committee on Appropriations.Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations.(CARDINAL)288214;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: United States. Department of Transportation; Transportation; Research and development contracts, Government; Universities and colleges;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spin [sound recording] / by Cornwell, Patricia Danielsauthor(CARDINAL)168784; LaVoy, Januarynarrator(CARDINAL)340930;
Performed by January LaVoy.In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister, as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny,
Subjects: Sound recording.; Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Science fiction.; Chase, Calli (Fictitious character); Langley Research Center; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Twin sisters; Interplanetary voyages; Space vehicles; Research and development contracts;
Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 22
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Spin [large print] / by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels,author.(CARDINAL)168784;
In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny ... a search that someone else seems very interested in stopping. From NASA to the Chase family farm, to the White House to distant orbits of space, Calli plays a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with a cunning and ruthless adversary. One wrong move will unleash cataclysmic consequences reaching far beyond the boundaries of Earth. This heart-pounding Captain Chase thriller from Patricia Cornwell will leave readers desperate for more.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Large print books.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Langley Research Center; Medical examiners (Law); Physicists; Twins; Interplanetary voyages; Research and development contracts; Women air pilots;
Available copies: 50 / Total copies: 53
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Reform and experimentation after the Cold War, 1989-2001 / by Shiman, Philip,author.(CARDINAL)370600; Arena, Joseph A.,1983-author.(CARDINAL)867596; Converse, Elliott Vanveltner,author.(CARDINAL)191754; United States.Department of Defense.Historical Office,issuing body.(CARDINAL)719204;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-616) and index.This book, the fifth volume in the History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense series, focuses on the adoption in the 1990s of new concepts and methods for acquiring major weapon systems. The changes came from several quarters - the White House, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military services, and Congress - and in response to numerous pressures. The most important of these were the end of the Cold War and the resulting decline in defense spending; advances in weapons technology, especially information technology; and the widespread belief that the acquisition system was failing to deliver the weapon systems the nation needed, when it needed them, and at a cost it was willing to pay. Both President George H. W. Bush and President William J. "Bill" Clinton made correcting acquisition's perceived weaknesses a high priority. Reforms aimed at decreasing the time required to develop and field advanced weapon systems while reducing their cost, strengthening acquisition management and organizations, improving the quality and professionalism of the acquisition workforce, forging new relationships with the defense industry, and tapping the commercial economy for leading-edge technologies, innovative business practices, and finished products easily installed in or adapted to military systems. Despite the many changes of the 1990s, decades-long trends continued: reliance on technologically superior weapons to gain advantage over potential opponents, the centralization of acquisition management in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and congressional push for greater oversight. In-depth case studies of major weapon system programs illustrate how acquisition functioned, particularly in adapting to reforms that sometimes succeeded, sometimes failed, and sometimes had no impact on program outcomes. Taken as a whole, however, the reforms made the acquisition community better able to adopt innovations and best practices from the private sector, more responsive to the users of systems, and more capable of designing policies, organizations, and procedures to address the security threats of the new century. --
Subjects: Case studies.; United States. Department of Defense; United States. Department of Defense; Research and development contracts, Government; Weapons systems;
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Health implications of sewage treatment facilities / by Johnson, D. E.; Health Effects Research Laboratory (Cincinnati, Ohio)(CARDINAL)268215; Southwest Research Institute.(CARDINAL)153275;
Subjects: Aerosols.; Health surveys; Pollutants.; Sewage.;
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Reducing emissions from the wood furniture industry with waterborne coatings / by VanNoordwyk, H.(CARDINAL)155119; Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (Cincinnati, Ohio)(CARDINAL)135127;
Subjects: Air; Coating processes.; Furniture industry and trade;
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Collection and analysis of purgeable organics emitted from wastewater treatment plants / by Pellizzari, Edo D.(CARDINAL)169018; Little, Linda W.(CARDINAL)134827; Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory.(CARDINAL)136086;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Organic compounds.; Sewage disposal plants.; Sewage;
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Electric automobiles : energy, environmental, and economic prospects for the future / by Hamilton, William,1934-(CARDINAL)141020;
Includes bibliographies and index.
Subjects: Electric automobiles.;
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