Author: Charles Jeffrey Gray
Publisher: brockhurst.co.nz
Keywords: glass, stain
Number of Pages: 133
Published: 2009-01-01
eBookDB-ID: EBDB098709

In the early hours of January 4th 1944 a Wellington bomber of the RAF crashed in Brockhurst wood near the village of Farnham Common. Of the crew of six only one survived. After the war the people of the village clubbed together for a memorial and installed a stained glass window in the Anglican Church of St. John’s nearby. Forty years later Mrs. Florence Payne, mother of the dead rear-gunner, Sergeant Victor Payne, returned on a pilgrimage,  revisiting the site and the church. The local newspaper covered the visit in a moving story and raised  questions in the mind of

Authors: Boris Chertok,  Asif Siddiqi,
Publisher: NASA
Keywords: vol, people, rockets
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2005-02-04
ISBN-10: 0160732395
ISBN-13: 9780160732393

Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space.The memoirs of Academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian, fills that gap. Chertok began his career as an electrician in 1930 at an aviation factory near Moscow.Twenty-seven years later, he became deputy to the founding figure of the Soviet space program, the mysterious “Chief Designer” Sergey Korolev. Chertok’s sixty-year-long career an

Authors: Boris Yevseyevich Chertok,  Asif A Siddiqi,
Publisher: CreateSpace
Keywords: rocket, industry, creating, volume, people, rockets
Number of Pages: 698
Published: 2006-06-01
ISBN-10: 1470015080
ISBN-13: 9781470015084

ContentsSeries Introduction by Asif A. Siddiqi ixIntroduction to Volume II xxiA Few Notes about Transliteration and Translation xxiiiList of Abbreviations xxvThree New Technologies, Three State Committees 1The Return 25From Usedom Island to Gorodomlya Island 43Institute No. 88 and Director Gonor 75The Alliance with Science 93Department U 109Face to Face with the R-1 Missile 119The R-1 Missile Goes Into Service 141Managers and Colleagues 155NII-885 and Other Institutes 177Air Defense Missiles 199Flying by the Stars 219Missiles of the Cold War’s First Decade 239On the First Missile Submari

Author: Graham A. Macdonald
Publisher: Au Pre
Keywords: life, press, land, history, hills, country, beaver
Number of Pages: 253
Published: 2009-11-15
ISBN-10: 1897425376
ISBN-13: 9781897425374

This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. The Beaver Hills arose where mountain glaciers from the west met continental ice-sheets from the east. An overview of the hills’ physiography helps us to grasp the complexity and diversity of landscapes, soil types, and vegetation communities. Ecological themes, such as climatic cycles, ground water availability, vegetation succession and the response of wildlife, and the impact of fires, shape the possibilities and provide challenges to those who

Authors: David Taras, Christopher Waddell,
Publisher: UBC Pre
Keywords: politics, media, communicate, canadians
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2012-05-01
ISBN-10: 1926836812
ISBN-13: 9781926836812

Substantial changes have occurred in the nature of political discourse over the past thirty years. Once, traditional media dominated the political landscape, but in recent years Facebook, Twitter, blogs and Blackberrys have emerged as important tools and platforms for political campaigns. While the Canadian party system has proved surprisingly resilient, the rhythms of political life are now very different. A never-ending 24-hour news cycle has resulted in a never-ending political campaign. The implications of this new political style and its impact on political discourse are issues v

Authors: Joep Crompvoets, Abbas Rajabifard, Bastiaan van Lo
Publisher: Space for Geo-Information (RGI), Wageningen Univer
Keywords: data, infrastructures, spatial, assess, view, framework, multi
Number of Pages: 403
Published: 2008-12-31
ISBN-10: 0732516234
ISBN-13: 9780732516239

Table of contentsAcknowledgmentsContentsContributorsForewordsIntroductionNotes on Editors       PART ONE -     Theoretical Background and Framework to Assess SDIsChapter 1     Spatial Data Infrastructure for a Spatially Enabled Government and Society.Chapter 2     The multi-faceted nature of SDIs and their assessment - dealing with dilemmas.Chapter 3     SDI for public governance - implications for evaluation research.Chapter 4     SDI evaluation and budgeting processes: linkages and lessons.Cha

Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wi
Publisher: US National Aeronautics and Space Admi
Keywords: program, shuttle, space, years, celebrating
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2012-06-15
ISBN-10: 0160902029
ISBN-13: 9780160902024

The Space Shuttle fleet set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions, from its first, when STS-1 launched on April 12, 1981, to its last, when STS-135 landed on July 21, 2011. Beginning with the orbiter Columbia and continuing with Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Space Shuttle has carried people into orbit; launched, recovered, and repaired satellites; conducted cutting-edge research; and helped build the largest human made structure in space, the International Space Station. As