Sentences with phrase «of space transport»

The 14 - page document also explains how the U.S. will use space to study Earth, and how NASA will cede ground to the private sector, working with commercial firms to develop new modes of space transport.»

While the retirement of the Space Transport System isn't in itself a surprise or mistake, the fact that it isn't being replaced by with another government - funded program could be disastrous for society, science, and human endeavor.

Eric Meier, co-founder of Space Transport Corporation, says he hopes to launch another $ 20,000 rocket within the next two months.

Not exact matches

SpaceX has had a series of high - profile successes and flops in its pursuit of improved economics for space transport.

If your product takes up a lot of display space, this consideration will weigh heavily when you're selecting ways to transport and display it.

Yesterday, President Obama urged private companies to take over the job of transporting humans into space, a move that was heralded by the burgeoning private space industry.

Movie Budgets «Courage under Fire»: $ 46m «Saving Private Ryan»: $ 70m «Titan AE»: $ 75m «Syriana»: $ 50m «Green Zone»: $ 100m «Elysium»: $ 115m «Interstellar»: $ 165m «The Martian»: $ 108m TOTAL: $ 729m Fictional Costs of Saving Matt Damon (costs are in 2015 currency) «Courage Under Fire» (Gulf War 1 helicopter rescue): $ 300k «Saving Private Ryan» (WW2 Europe search party): $ 100k «Titan AE» (Earth evacuation spaceship): $ 200B «Syriana» (Middle East private security return flight): $ 50k «Green Zone» (US Army transport from Middle East): $ 50k «Elysium» (Space station security deployment and damages): $ 100m «Interstellar» (Interstellar spaceship): $ 500B «The Martian» (Mars mission): $ 200B TOTAL: $ 900B plus change

«There should be absolutely zero question that SpaceX will prevail in reaching orbit and demonstrating reliable space transport,» Musk told employees after the third unsuccessful launch of Falcon 1 in 2008.

«The car is growing beyond its role as a mere means of transport and will ultimately become a mobile living space,» says Daimler's CEO.

A key hurdle for any lengthy human mission on the surface of a planet or moon, as opposed to NASA's six short lunar surface visits from 1969 to 1972, is possessing a power source strong enough to meet the various energy needs to sustain a base but small and light enough to allow for transport through space.

In 2008, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft won the NASA contract to provide a commercial replacement for the cargo transport function of the Space Shuttle, which retired in 2011.

Now, if measurement can be significant only if the measuring rod is free of all deforming influences, not simply those attributed to the influence of «differential» forces, then given a space - time continuum of variable metric structure, no set of conditions can be specified to ensure that the measuring rod does not undergo deformation in its length as it is transported from point to point during the process of measurement.

For Whitehead, a uniform and independent metric structure is presupposed by measurement in the space - time continuum and in particular is necessitated by any attempt, so it seems to Whitehead, to establish standard conditions or to introduce correction factors ensuring the self - congruence of measuring devices under transport.

Scientific and technical studies should also be presented in the light of their essential contribution to the creation of a single world, in the annihilation of space and time effected by machines for transporting and communicating.

Han Solo (Harrison Ford), the outlaw smuggler who agrees to transport the motley crew of Obi - Wan, Luke and the Droids, is both a space cowboy, down to the swagger and the holster on the hip, and the Humphrey Bogart of To Have and Have Not, a hard - boiled adventurer whose cynical shell dissolves in the climactic battle sequence to reveal a romantic bravado that saves the day.

The list can grow long very rapidly — atomic energy generating plants, supersonic transport planes (SST), jet aircraft, oral contraceptives, tranquilizers, television, communication satellites, space vehicles that take men to the moon and cameras to Mars and beyond, hundreds of synthetic fabrics, the aerosol can, direct long - distance dialing, heart transplants, advanced computers, and so on and on.

The space has been transformed into a series of rooms that progressively transport guests into inviting yet contrasting ambiances with a vintage Las Vegas swagger.

Made with high - density polyethylene (HDPE), the tray keeps different parts of the device separate and can be more efficiently transported — forty trays can fit in the space of the original tray.

Finding a quiet, efficient, hygienic conveyer system to transport coffee in a small amount of space is a challenge.

Reducing Fuel Use Tyvek ® also can support lighter, stronger packaging designs that weigh less or take up less space, helping to lessen the environmental impact of transporting products from manufacturer, to distributor, to hospital to patient.

The sleek, slender design and strong, flexible packaging offers 50 % space savings in the front and back - of - the - house, better environmental advantages, lower distribution costs and less fuel to transport.

This time, the six vials of yeast were swiftly retrieved by a U.S. Army helicopter and transported back to Ninkasi's lab, where it was tested and brewed into the first beer made from yeast that traveled to space and back.

The Dabney is an amazing achievement of value engineering, with locally sourced antique and reclaimed materials transporting guests into a rustic and historic feeling space with modern accents.

«In order to encourage more people to get on their bikes, it is crucial that politicians and decision makers take on board safety concerns, and ensure that our roads are appealing, safe shared spaces which can be used conveniently by all road users, regardless of their chosen method of transport.»

Pop up shade tents are compact, easy to transport, and provide ample space to spread out and enjoy the fun of the beach in the cool of the shade.

This is not a very bulky carrier, and even though it doesn't fold down completely, it's easy to transport without taking up a lot of space.

It takes up the least amount of space in transport, in your pantry, and in your trash can.

It also folds down to a very compact size, that is easy to transport and store in the smallest of spaces.

This can also make it easier to transport if you need to or to store if you don't have a lot of space in your work area.

Carl Ade, assistant professor of exercise physiology, and collaborators partnered with the Johnson Space Center to find that astronauts» exercise capacity decreases between 30 and 50 percent in long - duration spaceflight because the heart and small blood vessels are not as effective at transporting oxygen to the working muscle.

Plasma membrane Ca2 + - ATPases (PMCAs) are present in virtually all types of cells and transport Ca2 + to the extracellular space.

«The National Research Council report offers helpful advice about the appropriate size of our astronaut corps as we enter this exciting new era of space exploration and crew transport operations,» said Mike Curie, a NASA spokesman at the space agency's Washington headquarters.

The European Union's Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force on 1 December 2009, recognises that animals are sentient beings and calls on member states to «pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals» in agriculture, fisheries, transport, research and development and space policies.

This research in Transport aims to study the impact of cycle lanes on cyclist safety in terms of passing space given by overtaking vehicles.

Other competitors include Molniya's space plane, which can be launched in midair, and an updated version of Khrunichev's TKS manned transport ship, a partially reusable unwinged capsule first designed in the 1960s.

The Cooperation money is split between nine themes — including health, energy, environment, transport, and space and security — and will be used to fund large collaborations, often involving dozens of labs.

It is thought that as the Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago, some of these organic molecules were transported from interstellar space to the planet forming disk.

«It impacts the ability of people to adapt individually through purchasing an air - conditioner, locating an air - conditioned space, having a car to transport them away, or having connections to others who can help them get over a disaster.»

Toward the end of her postdoc, Chacinska identified a protein called Mia40, whose role was to transport precursor proteins to the space lying between the outer and inner membranes of mitochondria.

Thus, a group of researchers, including the Professor Ángel Martín from School of Aeronautics and Space Engineering, gathered to study the impact of the uncertainty on regular aerial transport.

Sonic Boom «Last year Congress appropriated $ 11 million for the Federal Aviation Agency to begin the development of a prototype supersonic transport, with technical support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

«We're committed to safely transporting U.S. astronauts on American - made spacecraft and ending the outsourcing of this work to foreign governments,» Bolden said last year as he announced payments of up to $ 92 million to four companies, including Blue Origin and Boeing, that are working on commercial space - crew vehicles.

Immersion, Bormann says, «is characterized by an experience you might have enjoyed while watching your favorite movie for the first time — the sensation of being transported to another time or space, as though you are taking a real journey, or the feeling of being emotionally impacted by the protagonist's fate.»

Meteorites could theoretically transport primitive life from planet to planet, but the question is whether anything could survive the journey of thousands or millions of years in the harsh vacuum of space.

Luster's team hopes to further investigate the characteristics of joints that underlie the critical role of C5a in initiating type III hypersensitivity and whether specific molecules expressed on endothelial cells lining joints play a role in transporting C5a and chemokines from the joint space into adjacent blood vessels.

By looking at aspects such as load factor (how well the space in / on pallets, crates and trucks is utilized) and the proportion of intermodal transports (where road transport is combined with rail or sea transport), she identified which shipments are most effective to work with, and the best way of doing this.

Reduced extracellular transport of molecules may explain changes in bacterial behavior in space, according to a study published November 2, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Luis Zea from the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA and colleagues.

Molecules of the class of cucurbiturils assume the shape of a hollowed - out pumpkin and, thus, have space for transporting active substances.

Developing smart mobility services may be the order of the day, but Helsinki Region Transport is equally drawn to innovations designed to go in the cabin space,» says Reijo Mäkinen, Director of the Transport Services Department at Helsinki Region Transport.

This new gene expression data therefore provides additional evidence that the altered behavior of bacteria in space results from decreased gravity driving reduced extracellular transport of molecules.