Space Transportation Materials and Structures Technology Workshop

The Space Transportation Materials and Structures Technology Workshop was held on September 23-26, 1991, in Newport News, Virginia. The workshop, sponsored by the NASA Office of Space Flight and the NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, was held to provide a forum for communication within the space materials and structures technology developer and user communities. Workshop participants were organized into a Vehicle Technology Requirements session and three working panels: Materials and Structures Technologies for Vehicle Systems, Propulsion Systems, and Entry Systems

Space Transportation Materials and Structures Technology Workshop. Volume 1: Executive summary

The workshop was held to provide a forum for communication within the space materials and structures technology developer and user communities. Workshop participants were organized into a Vehicle Technology Requirements session and three working panels: Materials and Structures Technologies for Vehicle Systems; Propulsion Systems; and Entry Systems. The goals accomplished were (1) to develop important strategic planning information necessary to transition materials and structures technologies from lab research programs into robust and affordable operational systems; (2) to provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas between technology developers and users; and (3) to provide senior NASA management with a review of current space transportation programs, related subjects, and specific technology needs. The workshop thus provided a foundation on which a NASA and industry effort to address space transportation materials and structures technologies can grow

Underground Storage Tanks: A Lawyer\u27s Guide to Recent Federal and North Carolina Legislation

This Comment focuses on what is already a common problem facing attorneys and their clients who own underground storage tanks (USTSs). That problem, from the client\u27s perspective, is, What am I supposed to do? There are a multitude of USTs in the United States. Many of these underground tanks contain petroleum. Often these tanks are located at mom and pop gas stations. This Comment focuses on the requirements a commercial gas station owner must follow in the operation of underground storage tanks. This Comment also provides sample lease provisions for the owner of an UST who leases the premises to the operator of the facility. This Comment also focuses on the immediate concerns of owners and operators of existing USTs, and the requirements they must meet in order to comply with the regulations

Divergent Strategies: A Legal History of the WTO’s National Security Exception in the Context of a Globalized Economy, 1983-2019

This student note provides a legal history of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) adjudication of “national security” disputes under Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The skeptical German historian Oswald Spengler noted, “History is direction—but Nature is extension—ergo everyone gets eaten by a bear.” Tracing the history of landmark GATT and WTO decisions from the 1983 US—Trade Measures Affecting Nicaragua case, this note weaves through the WTO’s relatively consistent reluctance to engage in domestic policy, detailing the WTO’s massive deviation from that policy in the 2019 Russia—Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit case. In doing so, this note presents a comprehensive history of the GATT and the WTO, while describing the fundamental themes of conflict presented throughout the WTO’s relatively short history, especially in the context of the national security exception. Those themes, namely the so-called “shock of the global” and globalization, and the WTO’s struggle to reconcile domestic and international interests, permeate throughout the history of the GATT and the WTO. In effect, this paper details the WTO’s challenges with national security and domestic affairs, which some speculate might lead to a self-cannibalization of the WTO, especially should the United States elect to leave the organization within the next year