Lessons from \u3cem\u3eUSADA v. Jenkins\u3c/em\u3e: You Can\u27t Win When You Beat a Monopoly

According to the reporters who wanted to speak with LaTasha Jenkins, she was the first athlete in the seven-year history of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to win and clear herself of doping charges. USADA\u27s record was now thirty-seven and one. Remarkably, the flawless record was beaten by a group of third year law students and their professor. But LaTasha did not want to speak with the reporters. To LaTasha, she had not won. She had been dragged through the mud, her career had been ended, and she was emotionally exhausted. Talking to reporters would only remind her of the damage done. She would never speak to reporters and quietly retire. The story of USADA v. Jenkins, and the failed appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that followed, is the story of a lucky win against a multi-headed foe that makes all the rules, then changes the rules when it loses, in a system nearly incapable of addressing the inherent imbalance of power between athletes and their accusers. The telling of LaTasha\u27s story reveals the flaws of the Olympic Movement\u27s anti-doping system and suggests steps to fix those flaws. However, her story also shows that those flaws will not be fixed unless the underlying imbalance of power between athletes and those who control sports is changed

On Ground Rigidized, Deployable Masts for Large, Gossamer Space Structures

This paper presents and discusses the results of a deployment test series on deployable lightweight masts within a micro gravity environment. Therefore, it gives a brief introduction to the motivation and the state of the art of large deployable lightweight space structures. The basic concept of the tested deployable composite masts as well as the necessary deployment control principles and the test setup within the used test aircraft is introduced. Of course the results of exemplary experiments will be shown and interpreted. Finally, the combined result will be recapitulated and the resulting potential applications for the presented mast will be identified