Project development plan for the LANDSAT Imagery Verification and Extraction System (LIVES)

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Liquid-vapor interface locations in a spheroidal container under low gravity

As a part of the general study of liquid behavior in low gravity environments, an experimental investigation was conducted to determine if there are equilibrium liquid-vapor interface configurations that can exist at more than one location in oblate spheroidal containers under reduced gravity conditions. Static contact angles of the test liquids on the spheroid surface were restricted to near 0 deg. The experiments were conducted in a low gravity environment. An oblate spheroidal tank was tested with an eccentricity of 0.68 and a semimajor axis of 2.0 cm. Both quantitative and qualitative data were obtained on the liquid-vapor interface configuration and position inside the container. The results of these data, and their impat on previous work in this area, are discussed. Of particular interest are those equilibrium interface configurations that can exist at multiple locations in the container

NASA Lewis Research Center low-gravity fluid management technology program

A history of the Lewis Research Center in space fluid management technology program is presented. Current programs which include numerical modeling of fluid systems, heat exchanger/radiator concept studies, and the design of the Cryogenic Fluid Management Facility are discussed. Recent analytical and experimental activities performed to support the Shuttle/Centaur development activity are highlighted

Antenna performance and resolution

The performance of the antenna throughout SL-2, SL-3, and SL-4 was investigated along with the antenna resolution of brightness temperature during flight. The target area selected for the test flights was the Gulf of California, as it offered land/water interface. The coordinate transformations and antenna orientation, flight path simulation, and integration over the radiometric target are discussed

Fairness Opinions: How Fair Are They and Why We Should Do Nothing About It

I believe that fairness opinions exist for two reasons: a judicial belief in the determinacy of value, and legal rules that shelter the business judgment of a board when based on reliance on the opinion of experts. Except in rare instances, investment bankers do not deliver fairness opinions for the benefit of public shareholders. Further, the nature of the fairness opinion is such that neither courts nor investors should attach too much weight to it nor impose liability because of it, except in instances of fraud

The International Association Of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) v. Locke: Do Oil And State Tanker Regulation Mix?

In The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) v. Locke, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a number of Washington State\u27s Best Achievable Protection (BAP) Regulations governing oil tankers operating in Washington State waters. The court upheld the State\u27s regulations against a tanker operator\u27s organization challenge that federal law, Coast Guardregulations, and international treaties preempted the state regulations. The precedent-setting decision establishes that the federal regulation of oil tankers, and tanker regulations set forth in international treaties, in most instances, merely establish minimum standards that states may surpass in the interest of protecting their marine and shoreline resources. The holding of the Ninth Circuit is critical to the nature of future state environmental legislation as it provides insight into the power that states may find in savings clauses of federal statutes when fashioning environmental regulations. This Note briefly surveys past and present tanker regulation, and analyzes the court\u27s rationale in upholding the Washington tanker regulations. The influence of the savings clause in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 will be established, and the power derived from it identified for future use by state governments. The court\u27s characterization of the issue before it will be examined, and its significance in upholding Washington\u27s regulations will be demonstrated. Finally, this Note considers the effect of the court\u27s decision establishing that international environmental regulations merely set minimum standards that may be surpassed by state legislation

Alien Registration- Carney, Francis J. (Weeks Mills, Kennebec County)

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