ROCKET LAB BLASTS ONTO INTERNET : PHILLIPS HOPES TO BOOST PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Phillips Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate is taking to the Internet to advertise its wares, carving out a place in cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. . The World Wide Web site includes a brief introduction to the lab, an organizational chart An organizational chart is a chart which represents the structure of an organization in terms of rank. The chart usually shows the managers and sub-workers who make up an organization. with links to pages offering biographical information about key officials and researchers, and a history page with photographs of such past programs as the Peacekeeper missile and the Titan IV The Titan IV family (including the IVA and IVB) of space boosters were used by the US Air Force. They were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Titan IV was retired in 2005. Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade. ``One goal is to get the organization out there so people understand who we are and what we do,'' lab spokesman Ranney Adams said. ``This shows them what we have.'' The Web site provides an overview of what the lab can do for companies and organizations looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a place to conduct business. A photo archive and a section providing an overview of the available facilities at the lab are being developed. The propulsion directorate, more commonly known as the rocket lab, can be found on the Internet at http://www.ple.af.mil. The rocket lab is looking to develop a science education area to help students learn about rocket propulsion Rocket propulsion The process of imparting a force to a flying vehicle, such as a missile or a spacecraft, by the momentum of ejected matter. This matter, called propellant, is stored in the vehicle and ejected at high velocity. and to show them what careers are available in the field. Lab officials hope to be able to put together an education program with Dick Chapleau, a Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
The start-up cost for the Web site is less than $15,000, Adams said. ``It's a small amount of money for the benefit we get from it,'' Adams said. Across Rogers Dry Lake from Phillips Laboratory is the Air Force Flight Test Center, which has been on the Web for several months at http://www.elan.af.mil. The center's Web site includes fact sheets and a photo archive illustrating various aircraft and test programs, information about the civilian personnel office and the Ridley Mission Control center, and descriptions of programs and equipment aimed at tracking the exact position of aircraft, such as the global positioning satellite system. The photo archive contains a list of virtually every aircraft tested at the center. For the B-2 stealth bomber, for example, there were eight photographs, each with a thumbnail preview, available for viewing. The center's page also has links to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley community Web pages and weather information. Air Force Plant 42 does not have a Web site of its own, but is working with Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. to develop one. Plant 42 should be on line late this year or in early 1997, said 2nd Lt. Steve Tribble, program manager. The future Web site will have information about how to acquire landing permits, to help companies and organizations wanting to use the installation for training and flight test work. The Web site will have information about programs and facilities at the installation. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , there is an information page about the installation on an Antelope Valley Web site. The page can be reached at http://www.avimall.com/aeronet/aeronet.html. |
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