NASA Tests New Ares I Rocket Motor: related news

NASA Conducts First Test On New Motor For The Ares I Rocket

Engineers at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Ala. completed first-round testing on Sept. 11 of a key motor for the next-generation Ares I rocket. The ullage settling motor is a small solid rocket motor that will assist in vehicle sta ...

NASA Tests New Ares I Rocket Motor

The U.S. space agency said it has completed first-round testing of a critical motor for the new Ares I rocket.

NASA's Moon Rocket Ares I May Not Fly

NASA's latest version of moon craft, the very one who put its original designer, Michael Griffin, in the position of NASA administrator 3 years ago, has encountered new glitches. This would mean millions of dollars over the budget and a considerable lag in terms of deadline, but NASA is prepared to do anything to see the rocket lift off. The Ares I issues and the management approach of the agency have angered much of the personnel. Most of them would rather see the rocket not leaving the ground than give in to the compromises that would possibly help the craft reach the Moon.

NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review

The J-2X engine will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. Ares I is an in-line two-stage rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle to low Earth orbit. Ares V will enable NASA to launch a variety of scie ...

A Life in the Day: Nikole Lowe, tattoo artist

I can’t wake up to an alarm — I don’t like it. I tell myself what time to wake up before I go to sleep. I don’t know how it works, but it always seems to. Around 8 I go for a pee, have a shower, get dressed, put my make-up on and feed the cats, Lola and Bell. I acquired them from my ex-boyfriend; I love them. I’ve grown rocket and tomatoes this year, so I make a salad for lunch and chuck a banana in to eat at work. I ride my bike to the studio, Into You, in Clerkenwell. I try to be there by 10, giving me two hours to draw.

What do you look for in an XML editor?

I've been thinking about XML editors lately, because it seems whenever I write XML these days there's an unencoded ampersand (& that isn't written &) or something else that breaks the document when I load. This is really frustrating. I had been using XMLSpy when I worked at a corporation, and that program is great. But it's extremely expensive for a self-employed freelancer like myself, so I don't have it any longer. I wish I still had it so I could write a review of it, as I did like it then... Anyway, since then, I've been writing my XML either in standard text editors (thus the well-formed problem above) or in Komodo Edit (which is great, and I'm working on a review of it...). But I'm curious what other people look for in an XML editor.

New NASA launch system rocket parts arrive

NASA holds a news conference announcing Boeing as the contractor for the upper stage element of the Ares I rocket, the orange area on the model rocket at left, at NASA headquarters in Washington on August 28, 2007. The rocket will carry astronauts to the International Space Station and the Moon. The other model is the Ares V. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

How clean is your CSS file?

When I write a review of a website, I always check to see if the CSS validates. But I almost never look at the size of the CSS file or if it's well written. I mean, if it works and makes the page look right, who cares? But then I had to work on a site with a CSS file the size of New York. Okay, maybe not literally, but wading through it felt like I was expected to walk blind-folded through New York City without a map. In desperation, and to finish the job on time, I did like every other developer had done before me. I created a bunch of id'd selectors and made my styles as specific as I could. Yes, I added to the problem. But today I learned about a Firefox add-on you can get from SitePoint that will evaluate the current page to see what selectors it has versus which are used in the CSS.

More Ares I Development Problems: Is it Really That Bad?

Ares I leaves Earth (NASA)There's been a lot of bad news surrounding the development of the Constellation Program of late. We've had news of general design flaws, rebelling NASA engineers, failed parachute tests, budget overruns, vibrational issues and job losses. Now we have a new one to add to the mix, the Ares I launch vehicle could bump into the launch tower during blast-off. According to a Florida report, only a tiny gust of wind is required to cause the rocket to hit the tower or scorch it, causing catastrophic failure and/or costly damage to the pad.

Ebay in reverse: My perfect new, not-old dress

Though there are far more important things to think about and put my energy into, I've been pathetically fixated on a small retail calamity that occurred last week. I lost a dress that I really, really wanted on eBay. It was a black, gorgeously tailored, cowlneck sweater dress that looked seriously expensive but was actually super-cheap (it eventually sold for $26; I'd bid up to $25. D'oh!). I had, as usual, pinned all sorts of style hopes on this piece: My new dress and I were going to attend parties and special lunches and an array of cold-weather events all through the season. When I lost it on Thursday, I was actually bummed for the rest of the afternoon, like a kid who lost her favorite toy. Anyway, I went to H&M on Saturday and there it was, almost the exact same shape in black, except lighter-weight, almost crochet, and not (I imag

Bloggery

So I know my updateage lately has been pretty crappy, and I wanted to explain a little. I have another blog, one I just recently started, and which deals with everything, not just makeup. Since I haven't been wearing a lot of makeup lately, and a bunch of other things have been going on, I've been posting some things over there but not had a lot of material to post here. So I just thought I'd direct you over to http://hwaet-hwaet.blogspot.com/, and if there hasn't been any activity over here for a while, perhaps more is happening in other, non-makeup-related areas of my life which are being blogged about over there. It's a shame I don't have any makeup posts right now, but I can't get the videos I have to upload properly, and I did do some minor hauling but it's all been shipped to the US : ( International shipping is hella expensive, so

Tips For Taking Your Laptop Into and Out of the US?

casualsax3 writes "I'm going to be taking a week long round trip from NYC to Puerto Vallarta Mexico sometime next month, and I was planning on taking my laptop with me. I'll probably want to rip a few movies and albums to the drive in order to keep busy on the flight. More important though, is that I'm also going to be taking pictures while I'm there, and storing them on the laptop. With everything in the news, I'm concerned that I'll have to show someone around the internals of my laptop coming back into the US. The pictures are potentially what upsets me the most, as I feel it's an incredible violation of my privacy. Do I actually need to worry about this? If so, should I go about hiding everything? I've heard good things about Truecrypt. Is it worth looking into or am I being overly paranoid?"

How To Help Our Public Schools With Technology?

armorer writes "I'm a programmer engaged to an inner-city public school teacher. I've been thinking for a long time now about what I can do to help close the technology gap, and I finally did something (very small) about it. I convinced my company to give me a few old computers they were replacing, refurbished them, installed Edubuntu on them, and donated them to her classroom. I also took some vacation time to go in, install everything, and give a lesson on computers to the kids. It was a great experience, but now I know first-hand how little technology these schools have. I only helped one classroom. The school needs more. (Really the whole district needs more!) And while I want to help them, I don't really know how. With Thanksgiving a week away and more holidays approaching, I suspect I'm not the only one thinking about this sort of t

I?m A Celebrity stars arrive in Oz?

Now that you’ve learned the names of the weirdos who’ll be subjecting themselves to the Aussie jungle for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, are you excited? Several of the contestants have now arrived in Australia for the series, which starts this Sunday on ITV1. And, as she posed in Brisbane Airport, glamour model and WAG Nicola McLean admitted that she’s not especially famous. “I don’t think people are going to know who I am to be honest,� she says. “Which, actually, is going to be embarrassing when I walk in the room. I’m sure they’re going to think, ‘Who is she?' But do I really care? No because there have been loads of years when I didn’t know who people were and I read every celebrity magazine going, I buy the tabloids and there’s quite a few people where I haven’t known who they are.

How Should I Teach a Basic Programming Course?

riverman writes "I have been 'provisioned' at the school where I work to teach a new Computer Science/Programming course. I'm supposed to be teaching everything from the very-very basics (i.e. where that myspace thing is in your computer monitor, and how it knows who your friends are) to the easy-advanced (i.e. PHP classes and Python/Google App Engine). I'm an experienced programmer, but I'm not sure where to start — I could easily assume that my students know something basic they don't. Are there any resources on the internet that could help me find a solid curriculum? What are your suggestions?" I'm sure many of us have gone through intro-level programming courses of some sort; what are some things your teacher or professor did that worked well, and what didn't work at all?

Texas Companies Help NASA Build Ares I Rocket

The Ares I rocket, America's next flagship in space, is now in development by NASA and its industry partners, and soon will carry human explorers and new missions of discovery to the moon and beyond. And Texas workers are helping make it happen.

In the Great Global Macro Experiment, The Next Bubble to Burst is...

I am going to introduce a paradigm shift in the content that I introduce to the blog. As reporters and institutional investors who have contacted me can attest, I have been very secretive and stand-offish in terms of what I do for a living. The reason is that I was in the process of launching a hedge fund, and my lawyers were quite explicit in telling me that I am in no way to promote the fund through the blog. You see, I think I'm pretty good at this investment stuff, and I needed access to more capital to fully exploit the next step in my investment thesis. So, what better route than to open a fund up to investors who can appreciate my investment style, and take advantage of that 20:1 leverage offered so freely. Well, one of the reasons I have had such a strong investment record is that I am able to smell bubbles.

Where do you find design inspiration?

I was in the bookstore the other day and found a book that purported to be a book for Web design inspiration. I ended up not buying it because it was shrink-wrapped so I couldn't even look at the pages to see if it really would inspire me. And it cost a lot. :-) When I'm working on general projects (like templates or layouts) I find a lot of inspiration from other Web designers. In fact, that's why I created the Web Design Design Gallery - to give myself and others a source of inspiration for Web designs. But I don't think that looking at other websites should be my only, or even my best, source of inspiration. When I'm working on a specific project, I try to find inspiration from the topic of the site. For example, if I were building a site about horses, I would go look at horses, take photos of horses, and make a site that reminded me o

How can I resolve this remote worker's VPN connection problem?

I have been working out of the house for years for a large corporation. I have had no prior problems connecting to VPN. Recently Comcast disabled the VPN connection through residential accounts and I had to close my cable Internet access and open a separate business account. Two different modems have been brought out, one with a static IP and the other dynamic. When I connect with either of these directly to my laptop, I can get into the VPN, but when I go through a router, (both my old one and a new one I just got), the VPN does not work. I have gone through my company IT, Comcast's IT and Linksys. No one can figure it out. Any suggestions?

My New Favorite eBay Store...Ohio Vintage

Even though I've been at this eBay game for a while now—14 months professionally, many years previous recreationally!—I still get a little thrill when I find something extra great on the site. Today, while looking for a military coat to show a new "Style Wars" girl at the coffee shop, I stumbled upon Ohio Vintage, an excellently organized eBay boutique with an amazing selection of cute, slightly offbeat vintage clothes. It's based out of an actual bricks-and-mortar store in Youngstown, Ohio (always a good sign), and carries a ton of stuff that I really want. For example, I believe it is my right as a human to own a polka-dot sweater this crazy/adorable;Picture_6 I'm a sucker for patterned ascot dresses and this one is no exception; and how pristine is the jacket I originally came calling for?

NASA's Ares I rocket passes review to reach critical milestone

NASA has taken a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle with the Sept. 10 successful completion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review.

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