Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
United States Geological Survey Yearbook
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Yearbook on Space Policy 2007/2008
Author: Kai-Uwe SchroglPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3211990917
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
At the time of ?nalising this second volume of the ?Yearbook on Space Policy? which covers the period mid-2007 to mid-2008, Europe is as visible and strong in the area of space activities as never before. Its space probes are present on the Moon, around Mars, and on Saturn?s Moon Titan, and are chasing asteroids and comets; Ariane V is the most successful commercial launch vehicle; and more and more European space applications satellites are in operation. Finally, with the successful launch of the Columbus Orbital Facility (COF) – the most prominent highlight of this period which is also depicted on the cover of this Yearbook – and the ?rst Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Europe has become a decisive player in human space?ight. This is accompanied by new policy initiatives on the ministerial level which have been bringing the European Space Agency and the European Union steadily closer. Europe?s outstanding development and positioning in the space ?eld is based not only on Europe?s successful engineering and scienti?c capabilities and capacities, but also on the forceful political determination of all European actors to maintain and even further their engagement in the use of outer space. And it is this political determination which provides the focus for this ?Yearbook on Space Policy?. The Yearbook describes and analyses the contexts and contents of space policy. Its primary ?eld of investigation is Europe, but it also covers the whole range of global space activities and their in?uence on European endeavours.
Regulations of the Office of the Secretary
Author: United States. Department of TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870
Author: James Pierce RootDecisions of the United States Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
The Federal Aviation Agency
Author: Opinions Rendered
Author: International Commission on Zoological NomenclaturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants
Author: Lafayette Wallace CasePublisher:
ISBN: 9781375523806
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Car Safety Wars
Author: Michael R. LemovPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611477468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways. Described as the “equivalent of war” by the Supreme Court, the battle involved the automobile industry, unsung and long-forgotten safety heroes, at least six US Presidents, a reluctant Congress, new auto technologies, and, most of all, the mindset of the American public: would they demand and be willing to pay for safer cars? The “Car Safety Wars” were at first won by consumers and safety advocates. The major victory was the enactment in 1966 of a ground breaking federal safety law. The safety act was pushed through Congress over the bitter objections of car manufacturers by a major scandal involving General Motors, its private detectives, Ralph Nader, and a gutty cigar-chomping old politician. The act is a success story for government safety regulation. It has cut highway death and injury rates by over seventy percent in the years since its enactment, saving more than two million lives and billions of taxpayer dollars. But the car safety wars have never ended. GM has recently been charged with covering up deadly defects resulting in multiple ignition switch shut offs. Toyota has been fined for not reporting fatal unintended acceleration in many models. Honda and other companies have—for years—sold cars incorporating defective air bags. These current events, suggesting a failure of safety regulation, may serve to warn us that safety laws and agencies created with good intentions can be corrupted and strangled over time. This book suggests ways to avoid this result, but shows that safer cars and highways are a hard road to travel. We are only part of the way home.
The Trowbridge Family, Or, Descendants of Thomas Trowbridge, One of the First Settlers of New Haven, Conn.
Author: F. W. (Frederick William) ChapmanPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781376111361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
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