Although I prefer to view NASA as a sort of scientific Mecca driven by fascination and exploration, through a rose-colored telescope if you will, that was not always entirely the case. Even after the dissolution of World War II, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union failed to waver. Our wartime feud over missiles with the USSR lingered, which then evolved into the Space Race for supremacy in spaceflight capability. On October 4, 1957, the United States watched in silence and in fear as the Soviet Union’s satellite Sputnik orbited far above their heads; an elusive, mysterious blip among the stars. Was this machine capable of spying on our government and military bases? Would it just blow everything to smithereens? For the
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For example, one of the charge-coupled devices (CCDs) developed for Hubble Space Telescope spectrographs has found its way into breast biopsy imaging [3]. CCDs are small chips that, simply put, manipulate electric charges and turn them into digital data. The LORAD Stereo Guide Breast Biopsy System uses these devices and allows biopsies to be performed with a needle instead of a surgical procedure. While ordinary biopsies require a large sample of tissue to be removed from the breast, this development allows radiologists to precisely locate problem areas and remove a smaller number of cells. Patients experience less discomfort than a regular biopsy, and this method of cell extraction is just as reliable as the larger …show more content…
With fifteen collaborators from all over our planet concentrated on the same mission, the International Space Station is a platform for the world’s most capable minds to join forces. It’s a magnet for aerospace’s top players disguised as a 356-foot satellite. Think about it: when international space research can draw the cream of the crop from individual global superpowers, it can put together quite the dream team. International collaboration expands the talent pool, which naturally advances its research. Like Spinoff, the International Space Station is a treasure trove for innovating technology, only scaled to the global level. In 2012 the ISS added the International Space Station SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System (ISERV), a high- resolution remote control camera, to its operation. “Think of it as a ‘disaster cam’ that can observe disaster-stricken areas so relief organizations can direct aid to those regions. A joint project between USAID and NASA, ISERV takes advantage of the globe-spanning, high-inclination orbit of the ISS and can swing into action providing images on successive passes.”
For example, one of the charge-coupled devices (CCDs) developed for Hubble Space Telescope spectrographs has found its way into breast biopsy imaging [3]. CCDs are small chips that, simply put, manipulate electric charges and turn them into digital data. The LORAD Stereo Guide Breast Biopsy System uses these devices and allows biopsies to be performed with a needle instead of a surgical procedure. While ordinary biopsies require a large sample of tissue to be removed from the breast, this development allows radiologists to precisely locate problem areas and remove a smaller number of cells. Patients experience less discomfort than a regular biopsy, and this method of cell extraction is just as reliable as the larger …show more content…
With fifteen collaborators from all over our planet concentrated on the same mission, the International Space Station is a platform for the world’s most capable minds to join forces. It’s a magnet for aerospace’s top players disguised as a 356-foot satellite. Think about it: when international space research can draw the cream of the crop from individual global superpowers, it can put together quite the dream team. International collaboration expands the talent pool, which naturally advances its research. Like Spinoff, the International Space Station is a treasure trove for innovating technology, only scaled to the global level. In 2012 the ISS added the International Space Station SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System (ISERV), a high- resolution remote control camera, to its operation. “Think of it as a ‘disaster cam’ that can observe disaster-stricken areas so relief organizations can direct aid to those regions. A joint project between USAID and NASA, ISERV takes advantage of the globe-spanning, high-inclination orbit of the ISS and can swing into action providing images on successive passes.”