In 2003 engineering's prestigious Draper Prize went to the co-inventors of this 24-satellite system
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Free Flashcards about INVENTORS-J - StudyStack  IN 2003 ENGINEERINGS'S PRESTIGIOUS DRAPER PRIZE WENT TO THE CO-INVENTORS OF THIS 24-SATELLITE SYSTEM, GPS. EDWIN LAND AND...
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Dean Kamen - Wikipedia  Dean L. Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor. Born to a ... Kamen is also the co-inventor of a compressed air device that would launch a ... He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997 for his ... In 2003 his "Project Slingshot," a cheap portable water purification system, was...
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Global Positioning System - Wikipedia  The Global Positioning System (GPS), also known as Navstar GPS or simply Navstar, is a ... The Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) was developed .... Roger L. Easton is widely credited as the primary inventor of GPS. Initially .... the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize for 2003:.
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GPS inventor inducted into hall of fame - Stanford News  Feb 18, 2004 ... Professor Bradford Parkinson, co-inventor with the late Ivan Getting of the Global Positioning System (GPS), will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame ... of signals transmitted by some of the 24 dedicated NAVSTAR satellites ... Bradford Parkinson awarded Draper Prize in engineering (2/19/02)
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jeopardy/3015_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  AWARDS | In 2003 engineering's prestigious Draper Prize went to the co-inventors of this 24-satellite system | GPS (Global Positioning System). right: Sean.
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JEOPARDY! Game - January 7, 2004  (4) Invented in the late '50s it's a functional circuit formed when diodes, transistors, etc. are integrated. $600 - Luis .... (16) This red supergiant in Orion is over 300 light years away from you, but is much closer to Michael Keaton's heart.
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F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle Project Description | NASA  Jan 5, 2012 ... BEST activities make engineering simple and relatable. ... Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost Jan. .... on parabolic aircraft, high-altitude balloons or suborbital launch vehicles to demonstrate new technologies. .... Clint Dinius, Katelynn Dinius' dad, added, "I'm thankful for NASA...
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OPSPARC 2016: NASA and TRANSFORMERS Team Up for 2016 ...  Jan 13, 2016 ... On first use, citizen scientists are presented a brief tutorial and will .... is to demonstrate the capability of utilizing a 3-D printer for in-space additive manufacturing technology. .... NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, a current station crew member, ..... Scientists expect Bennu may hold clues to the origin of the solar...
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Glenn - Encyclopedia Astronautica  First American in orbit on his first flight, Mercury MA-6, in 1962, and oldest ... When astronauts were given special assignments to ensure pilot input into the ... The mission was accomplished in 134 Earth orbits, traveling 3.6 million miles in 213 ..... The National Geographic Society awarded the Hubbard Medal to John Glenn.
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The Great Engineer and Maker  Lionshare  Sep 1, 2015 ... by Winkie Pratney " Science and technology is one of God's great gifts to mankind..."
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Sir Bernard Lovell facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Make research projects and school reports about Sir Bernard Lovell easy with ... of the largest, completely steerable radio telescope in the world at Jodrell Bank, ... As it developed, the huge telescope, 250 feet in diameter, was completed in time to track the first artificial earth satellite, the Russian Sputnik, in October 1957.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003  Peter Agre, Roderick MacKinnon ... of water channels" and with one half to Roderick MacKinnon "for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels".
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John William Draper - Wikipedia  John William Draper (May 5, 1811  January 4, 1882) was an English-American scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with producing the first clear photograph of a female face (183940) and the first detailed photograph of the moon in 1840. ... Draper took a series of pictures, with a 65-second exposure in sunlight.
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Who Invented the Telescope? - Space.com  Jul 13, 2013 ... Hans Lippershey, credited with invention of the telescope. ... In 1608, Lippershey tried to lay claim on a device with three-times magnification. ... In 1609, Galileo Galilei heard about the "Dutch perspective glasses" and within days had ... Elsewhere in Europe, scientists began improving the telescope.
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Grote Reber, 90; Built First Radio Telescope for Astronomy - The ...  Dec 25, 2002 ... Grote Reber, pioneering radio astronomer who built first substantial radio ... In 1937, using about a half-year's worth of salary he had saved from ... ''The two of them were the pioneers of radio astronomy,'' Dr. Sullivan said. ... A curved, or parabolic, dish was used to focus a wide range of radio frequencies.
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Radio Waves - Mission:Science  Aug 13, 2014 ... In 1932, Karl Jansky at Bell Labs revealed that stars and other objects in space radiated radio waves. ... The radio "receives" these electromagnetic radio waves and converts them to mechanical vibrations in the ... By studying the radio waves originating from these sources, astronomers can learn about...
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Jeopary Questions page 1497 - 1996 BIOGRAPHIES - TriviaBistro ...  INTERIOR DESIGN: Since 1965 these illumination devices filled with ... ODDS & ENDS: Kenneth Buell, who had worked on the Gemini space program, helped design Luvs, a type of these ... 1996 BIOGRAPHIES: This escape artist who died in 1926 is called the "World's Handcuff King" in a new book by Kenneth Silverman.
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India just launched 20 satellites in 26 minutes and made history ...  Jun 22, 2016 ... "Each of these small objects that you are putting into space will carry out their own ... re-oriented if required and the next satellite will be put into orbit with a varying ... money than other agencies, but an exact number hasn't been reported just yet. ... I Tried Blue Apron and Here's What HappenedBlue Apron.
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California Wild Spring 2003 - Hanna's Heavens  Hanna was a creative inventor who devised a mechanical eyelid to create a ... that it takes even jaded modern viewers a few moments to remember where they are. ... If there was one thing these men knew as well as they knew the stars, it was ... of Germany where the Zeiss factory was located came under Russian control.
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The Galileo Project | Science | Hans Lipperhey  Although others have claimed the invention of the telescope and the device ... General of the Netherlands, dated 25 September 1608, which instructs them to be...
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jeopardy/1640_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME | The first of these was by Aleksey Leonov in 1965 & took 12 minutes, 9 seconds; he was attached to a 16-foot cord | a spacewalk.