how humans manage the space around them. The following is a list of terms he used to describe these spaces: 1. Intimate space‚ which is reserved for those we are closest to (measuring about 6 to 18 inches). 2. Personal space‚ which is the distance we are comfortable maintaining with close friends (about 1.5 to 4 feet). 3. Social space‚ which indicates our preferred proximity to acquaintances (about 5–12 feet). 4. Public space‚ which is the distance we need for public speaking (12–25 feet or
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The Space Race can be defined as the international competition of aerospace exploration. The two major competitors being‚ the United States and Russia. The Space Race took place during a very heated era for both countries. The tensions were particularly high between these two rivals due to the Cold War. Both nations were determined to win the race no matter the costs or the numerous failures; the winner would gain a huge psychological victory. Although there were repercussions to the Space Race‚
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OPTICS. Free space optics or FSO –Although it only recently and rather suddenly sprang in to public awareness‚ free space optics is not a new idea. It has roots that 90 back over 30 years-to the era before fiber optic cable became the preferred transport medium for high speed communication. FSO technology has been revived to offer high band width last mile connectivity for today’s converged network requirements. 101seminartopics.com FSO ! FREE SPACE OPTICS Free space optics or FSO‚ free
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FREE SPACE OPTICS NEXT GENERATION COMMUNICATION PRESENTED BY V.LAXMANA VENKATA KUMAR 09PA1A04B6 ABSTRACT: FSO may sound new and experimental but in fact it predates optical fiber and has its roots in wartime efforts to develop secure communication systems that did not require
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An economic space can be defined by its aspects of location‚ territory‚ place and scale (Coe‚ Kelly‚ & Yeung‚ 2013). This economic space experiences the processes of capitalism‚ such as production‚ consumption‚ and social reproduction (Mansvelt‚ 2013). In a recent visit to a grocery store‚ Pusateri’s‚ to buy bread‚ I realized that through its services of selling food and procession of location‚ territory‚ place and scale‚ the store could be defined as an economic space that is actively involved in
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Columbia Accident Case Study This is an edited version of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report released in August‚ 2003. It provides a comprehensive and often sobering example of management lapses that have severe consequences. The original report was over 280 pages. This edited version eliminates the much of the technical discussion and focuses instead on the organizational factors that lead to the accident. You may obtain the entire report from http://www.caib.us/news/report/default
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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched after a two-year delay on April 24th‚ 1990 from the space shuttle Discovery. This telescope has a length of 13.2 meters and a weight at launch that was 11‚110 kg. It is a space-based optical reflective telescope that observes distant and faint objects. (NASA) One of the most important discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope has to be that it has revealed the age of the universe to be 13 to 14 billion years old‚ this was a huge improvement from the earth based
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specific regional‚ cultural and economic setting‚ e.g.‚ building materials‚ space requirement and usage. These minimum design standards encourage the use of duly accredited indigenous materials and technology such as innovative design and systems‚ modular systems and components among others. The parameters used in formulating these Design Standards are (a) protection and safety of life‚ limb‚ property and general public welfare‚ (b) basic needs of human settlements (c) affordability levels of target
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Inc. (QDI) teamed with WCSAR (Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics)‚ a NASA center for the commercial development of space‚ developed High Emissivity Aluminiferous Light-emitting Substrate technology to provide high-intensity‚ solid-state LED lighting systems for NASA Space Shuttle plant growth experiments. Their goal was to be able to grow plants in space so humans could have longer stays in space shuttles or the International Space Station (ISS). They discovered that specific LED
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The space shuttle Columbia broke down over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of Cape Canaveral in the attempt to put a satellite payload into orbit. All seven crew members died which included five NASA astronauts and two other payload specialists. The NASAs managers were anxious for several reasons‚ including economic‚ political pressures and schedule timings for the launch. This event also involved the competition between European space agency and the Russians. The purpose of the mission was to
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