NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Why the World's Information Technology Leader Can't Count Votes

Professor Bryan Pfaffenberger says that the U.S. -- unlike other stable, industrialized democracies -- has failed to develop a nonpartisan, professional system of election administration, in the absence of which no voting machine will prove satisfactory.

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Polar-Palooza “Connecting the Poles to the Planet”

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - A team of six scientists and Arctic residents tell personal stories of life and research in polar regions, supported by dramatic High Definition video footage and Internet resources.

NASA Announces Web Coverage of Next Space Shuttle Mission

A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos highlight NASA's Internet coverage of space shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission to the International Space Station.

NASA Ames Research Center Awards Support Services Contract

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA has selected Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall of Los Angeles to provide on-site architectural and engineering support services at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

NASA Ames to Host Summit of Technology and Communications Experts

Internet, virtual world and communications experts from the Silicon Valley and around the country will gather at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., to participate in discussions about how to make NASA's missions and research more accessible on the Web.

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Earth Science Capabilities Demonstration Project (ESCD)

ESCD is a broadly focused jointly-funded collaboration between NASA’s Aeronautics and Science Mission Directorates. ESCD targets maturation of UAV capabilities so that they can eventually be used routinely for suborbital Earth observation and in situ sensing applications.

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