A general purpose maneuver turns computer program

Program computes turns required to point given spacecraft-fixed vector in direction of given inertially-fixed vector. Program was written in FORTRAN V language for Univac-1108 computer

Shared Destiny: China Story Yearbook 2014

Humanity as never before shares a common destiny, whether it be in terms of the resources of the planet, the global environment, economic integration, or the movement of peoples, ideas, cultures. For better or worse humankind is a Community of Shared Destiny 命运共同体. The People’s Republic of China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and its ‘Chairman of Everything’, Xi Jinping, has declared that it shares in the destiny of the countries of the Asia and Pacific region, as well as of nations that are part of an intertwined national self-interest. The Party, according to Marxist-Leninist-Maoist theory, is the vanguard of progressive social forces; it cleaves to the concept of shared destiny and its historical role in shaping that destiny. Since its early days nearly a century ago it has emphasised the collective over the individual, the end rather than the means. It addresses majority opinion while guiding and moulding the agenda both for today, and for the future

The effects of injection mass flux distributions and resonant combustion on local heat transfer in a liquid-propellant rocket engine

Injection mass flux distributions and resonant combustion effects on local heat transfer in liquid propellant rocket engin

Novel Missions for Next Generation Microsatellites: The Results of a Joint AFRL/JPL Study

The development of technologies for miniature, low-mass, high density components and of systems that efficiently utilize these teclmologies has enabled a path to the next generation of highly capable microsatellites in the range of 10 - 100-kg. The characteristics and capabilities of this emerging class of satellites are briefly described. These satellites have the potential for revolutionizing space missions owing to their small size, low cost, significant capability, and good return on investment. This paper documents conceptual microsatellite mission scenarios examined in a collaborative effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology (JPL). Six areas of mutual interest were selected from an initial set of about 30 microsatellite mission areas. Each of the selected areas was examined in more depth. The concepts explored include a remote sensing microsatellite, an on-orbit servicing microsatellite, a micronavigation and communication system, an adjunct microsatellite, and two distributed microsatellite systems; one for surveillance and one for space weather and physics observations. These missions are described briefly. A unique characteristic of these microsatellites, exploited in some of the mission scenarios, is the potential for low cost and rapid launch using non-traditional methods. One method examined involves using air-to-space missile technology

Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease

"Foot drop" or "Floppy foot drop" is the term commonly used to describe weakness or contracture of the muscles around the ankle joint. It may arise from many neuromuscular diseases

Morrison's World

When George Earnest Morrison was born in 1862 in Geelong, the Colony of Victoria was only eleven years old and the Second Industrial Revolution twelve. Freud was five, Oscar Wilde eight. Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal had been in print five scandalous years and Darwin's On the Origin of Species three. Queen Victoria sat on the throne of Englan

A Most Immoral Woman

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