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2002réf. 75230Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs 2002. Copy of Team Files. CD-R. Very good. This CD contains a treasure trove of information on High Explosive operations and facilities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory the Los Alamos National Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories the Nevada Test Site and the Pantex Plant. This CD has the files that are excel spread sheets PDF files JPG files Power Point files and Word files. The material includes the scope team membership information from the sites information on sizing etc. This information was developed to address consolidation options between nuclear weapon laboratories and plants with an aim to reduce some costs. Major high explosive operations included research and development explosive testing detonator and small quantity production and 'main charge' production for nuclear weapons. Posted on-line--Los Alamos demonstrated the first use of plastic-bonded explosives in a nuclear explosion in 1956. This development allowed the shift from precision machined cast explosives to formulations containing high concentrations of high-energy density compounds with reduced sensitivity more uniformity and better mechanical characteristics. Since the 1960s Livermore has been researching and developing safer HE for Livermore-designed weapons. The plastic coating that binds the explosive granules typically 5 to 20% of each formulation by weight is what gives each PBX its distinctive characteristics. Pressing a PBX molding powder converts it into a solid mass with the polymer binder providing both mechanical rigidity and reduced sensitivity to accidental detonation. The choice of binder affects hardness safety and stability. The TATB-based formulations of Livermore's LX-17 and Los Alamos's PBX 9502 are "insensitive" high explosives IHE; others are termed "conventional." National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs unknown
réf. 75434CD. As new. This item is still in its original plastic wrap. The rear of the sleeve lists the contents: Overview Defense Applications and Modeling; Simulation and Computer Science Integrated Computing Systems University Partnerships Special Projects ASCI's future ASCI's Multidisciplinary Applications. Among the subsections are: Visualization Technilogies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Visualization Technologies at Sandia National Laboratories ASCI White at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Science at the Level 1 Alliances and Technology Prospectus. The U.S. Department of Energy DOE established the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative ASCI in 1996. The goal of ASCI is to simulate the results of new weapons designs as well as the effects of aging on existing and new designs all in the absence of underground nuclear tests. The ASCI is an applications-driven effort with a goal to develop reliable computational models of the processes involved in the design manufacture and degradation of nuclear weapons. Based on discussions with scientists and engineers with expertise in weapons design manufacturing and in computational physics a goal of simulating full-system three-dimensional nuclear burn and safety simulation processes by the year 2004 was established. A number of applications-based milestones were identified to mark the progress from current simulation capabilities to full-system simulation capabilities. Codes development to simulate casting material aging safety forging welding of microstructures and so on. unknown
2004réf. 75433United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs 2004. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. DVD. Very good. DVD has 40 files and many of them are folders. On July 13-14 2004 the Caltech ASC Level 1 Center hosted an ASC TriLab V&V Workshop in La Jolla CA to discuss and compare what the NNSA laboratories and the ASC Level 1 University Centers are learning with respect to code verification and validation. About 50 people participated in the workshop. Presentations were organized into four sessions and moderated by key V&V personnel from the NNSA labs and ASC Centers: 1 V&V Program Overviews Jamileh Soudah ASC HQ - Chair 2 Code and Solution Verification Tomek Plewa University of Chicago Flash Center - Chair 3 Validation Experiments Dan Meiron Caltech ASC Center - Chair 4 Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Tony Giunta Sandia - Chair The workshop began with V&V overviews presented by speakers from Los Alamos Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories and the ASC Level 1 Alliance Centers at Caltech the University of Chicago the University of Illinois Stanford University and the University of Utah. These baseline presentations were followed by talks addressing approaches and lessons learned in code and solution verification designing and implementing validation experiments and what has been accomplished and remains to be done in uncertainty qualification. At the end of the workshop Dan Meiron Caltech hosted a discussion to summarize commonalities across the lab and university programs and identify collaborative efforts that might follow this workshop. The workshop began with V&V overviews presented by speakers from Los Alamos Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories and the ASC Level 1 Alliance Centers at Caltech the University of Chicago the University of Illinois Stanford University and the University of Utah. These baseline presentations were followed by talks addressing approaches and lessons learned in code and solution verification designing and implementing validation experiments and what has been accomplished and remains to be done in uncertainty qualification. At the end of the workshop Dan Meiron Caltech hosted a discussion to summarize commonalities across the lab and university programs and identify collaborative efforts that might follow this workshop. The purpose of this document is to provide a synopsis of the key issues discussed during the workshop. The intent is not to review the substance of the technical presentations which are available from the Caltech V&V Workshop web site and CD but to provide a record of the important issues raised during the workshop discussion and interaction. Input for this synopsis comes primarily from the summary session moderated by Dan Meiron and notes taken during the course of the workshop sessions. United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs unknown
2006réf. 74915Las Vegas NV: United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration 2006. Presumed First Edition in CD form of this report. DVD. Very good. This DVD is approximately 4.5 inches in diameter. The Nevada Test Site-Directed Research Development and Demonstration SDRD program completed a very successful year of research and development activities in FY 2005. Fifty new projects were selected for funding this year and five FY 2004 projects were brought to conclusion. The total funds expended by the SDRD program were $5.4 million for an average per project cost of just under $100000. Two external audits of SDRD accounting practices were conducted in FY 2005. Both audits found the program's accounting practices consistent with the requirements of DOE Order 413.2A. Highlights for the year included: the filing of 18 invention disclosures for intellectual property generated by FY 2005 projects; programmatic adoption of 17 FY 2004 SDRD-developed technologies; participation in the tri-lab Laboratory Directed Research and Development LDRD and SDRD program review that was broadly attended; peer reviews of all FY 2005 projects; and the successful completion of 55 R&D projects as presented in this report. United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration unknown
2013réf. 74122Washington DC: United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration 2013. Presumed First thus. Coin. Very good. The Joint Verification Experiments occurred in 1988. One occurred in the U.S. and one in Russia. A 25th anniversary commemoration was held at the National Nuclear Security Site formerly the Nevada Test Site in 2013. This coin was given out to a select few participants officials and organizers. Coin has a 1.5 inch diameter. On one side the center image is the Department of Energy logo with two outer rings with text. The outermost ring text is "Building Trust and Confidence National Nuclear Security Admiistration" The other side has a center image with the dates 1988-2013 Russian and U.S. flags and the atomic symbol and an outer ring with the following text "25th Aniversary U.S.-Russia Joint Verification Experiment". Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Conduct of a Joint Verification Experiment May 31 1988. Reaffirming the statement of the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Minister of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of December 9 1987 Proceeding from the agreement to conduct a joint Verification Experiment hereinafter referred to as JVE for the purpose of the elaboration of effective verification measures for the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests hereinafter referred to as the 1974 Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests the parties have agreed in part as follows: 1. For purposes of the JVE there shall be two nuclear explosions one at the U.S. Nevada Test Site and one at the USSR Semipalatinsk Test Site each hereinafter being referred to as a JVE explosion. 2. The planned yield of the JVE explosion at each test site shall be not less than 100 kilotons and shall approach 150 kilotons. 3. Each Party shall have the opportunity to measure on the basis of reciprocity the yield of the JVE explosion conducted at the other Party's test site using teleseismic methods and at the other's test site using hydrodynamic yield measurement methods. 4. Each Party shall also perform teleseismic measurements with its national seismic station network for both JVE explosions. To assist in teleseismic measurement the Parties shall exchange data on five nuclear explosions conducted after January 1 1978 but before January 1 1988 to include yield date and time geographic coordinates depth of burial and associated geological and geophysical data. For each of these historical explosions the Parties shall exchange teleseismic recordings taken at five designated stations on each side including station corrections and the best network seismic magnitude. 5. Each Party shall perform hydrodynamic yield measurements within the satellite hole provided for that purpose of the JVE explosions at both Parties' test sites using the methods it has identified in this Agreement. DONE at Moscow on May 31 1988 in two copies each in the English and Russian languages both texts being equally authentic. FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA George P. Shultz FOR THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS E. Shevardnadze. United States, Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration unknown
2011réf. 74121Amarillo TX: Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Pantex 2011. Presumed First thus. Coin. Very good. Challenge coin/medal has a two-inch diameter. One side has a center image of the American Bald Eagle with the words Pantex NNSA. Around the central image is the following text "Department of Energy LANL LLNL SNL Y12 OST". On the other side has a center image of the B53 bomb and around the central image is the following text "SS-21 Dismantlement Final Unit Sept 2011". From Wikipedia: The Mk/B53 was a high-yield bunker buster thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. Deployed on Strategic Air Command bombers the B53 with a yield of 9 megatons was the most powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in 1976. The B53 was the basis of the W-53 warhead carried by the Titan II Missile which was decommissioned in 1987. Fifty B53s were retained during that time as part of the "hedge" portion of the Enduring Stockpile. The last B53 was disassembled on 25 October 2011 a year ahead of schedule. Development of the weapon began in 1955 by Los Alamos National Laboratory based on the earlier Mk 21 and Mk 46 weapons. In March 1958 the Strategic Air Command issued a request for a new Class C bomb to replace the earlier Mk 41. A revised version of the Mk 46 became the TX-53 in 1959. The Mk 53 entered production in 1962 and was built through June 1965. It entered service aboard B-47 Stratojet B-52G Stratofortress and B-58 Hustler bomber aircraft in the mid-1960s. From 1968 it was redesignated B53. Some early versions of the bomb were dismantled beginning in 1967. The B53 was also intended to be retired in the 1980s but 50 units remained in the active stockpile until the deployment of the B61-11 in 1997. At that point the obsolete B53s were slated for immediate disassembly; however the process of disassembling the units was greatly hampered by safety concerns as well as a lack of resources. In 2010 authorization was given to disassemble the 50 bombs at the Pantex plant in Texas. The process of dismantling the last remaining B53 bomb in the stockpile was completed in 2011. It was intended as a bunker buster weapon using a surface blast after laydown deployment to transmit a shock wave through the earth to collapse its target. Attacks against the Soviet deep underground leadership shelters in the Chekhov/Sharapovo area south of Moscow envisaged multiple B53/W53 exploding at ground level. It has since been supplanted in such roles by the earth-penetrating B61 Mod 11 a bomb that penetrates the surface to deliver much more of its explosive energy into the ground and therefore needs a much smaller yield to produce the same effects. The B53 was intended to be retired in the 1980s but 50 units remained in the active stockpile until the deployment of the B61-11 in 1997. At that point the obsolete B53s were slated for immediate disassembly; however the process of disassembling the units was greatly hampered by safety concerns and a lack of resources. The last remaining B53 bomb began the disassembly processes on Tuesday 25 October 2011 at the Energy Department's Pantex Plant. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Pantex unknown
2011réf. 74113Amarillo TX: National Nuclear Security Administration Pantex Plant c2011. Presumed First thus. Patches. Very good. The patch is about 3.5 inches by 3.5 inches but the top is rounded so it is more like an arched window than a full square. It has a black border. The center has the image of the bomb a big dog and the text "B53" and "Last of the Big Dogs. On an orange border in black letters is "NNSA SS-21 Dismantlement DOE Pantex LANL LLNL SNL Y12 OST" From Wikipedia: The Mk/B53 was a high-yield bunker buster thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. Deployed on Strategic Air Command bombers the B53 with a yield of 9 megatons was the most powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in 1976. The B53 was the basis of the W-53 warhead carried by the Titan II Missile which was decommissioned in 1987. Fifty B53s were retained during that time as part of the "hedge" portion of the Enduring Stockpile. The last B53 was disassembled on 25 October 2011 a year ahead of schedule. Development of the weapon began in 1955 by Los Alamos National Laboratory based on the earlier Mk 21 and Mk 46 weapons. In March 1958 the Strategic Air Command issued a request for a new Class C bomb to replace the earlier Mk 41. A revised version of the Mk 46 became the TX-53 in 1959. The Mk 53 entered production in 1962 and was built through June 1965. It entered service aboard B-47 Stratojet B-52G Stratofortress and B-58 Hustler bomber aircraft in the mid-1960s. From 1968 it was redesignated B53. Some early versions of the bomb were dismantled beginning in 1967. The B53 was also intended to be retired in the 1980s but 50 units remained in the active stockpile until the deployment of the B61-11 in 1997. At that point the obsolete B53s were slated for immediate disassembly; however the process of disassembling the units was greatly hampered by safety concerns as well as a lack of resources. In 2010 authorization was given to disassemble the 50 bombs at the Pantex plant in Texas. The process of dismantling the last remaining B53 bomb in the stockpile was completed in 2011. It was intended as a bunker buster weapon using a surface blast after laydown deployment to transmit a shock wave through the earth to collapse its target. Attacks against the Soviet deep underground leadership shelters in the Chekhov/Sharapovo area south of Moscow envisaged multiple B53/W53 exploding at ground level. It has since been supplanted in such roles by the earth-penetrating B61 Mod 11 a bomb that penetrates the surface to deliver much more of its explosive energy into the ground and therefore needs a much smaller yield to produce the same effects. The B53 was intended to be retired in the 1980s but 50 units remained in the active stockpile until the deployment of the B61-11 in 1997. At that point the obsolete B53s were slated for immediate disassembly; however the process of disassembling the units was greatly hampered by safety concerns and a lack of resources. The last remaining B53 bomb began the disassembly processes on Tuesday 25 October 2011 at the Energy Department's Pantex Plant. National Nuclear Security Administration, Pantex Plant unknown
2017réf. 74294Washington DC: United States. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration 2017. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Very good. vi 203 1 pages. Illustrations. Acronyms. References. Format us approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This is the final report on the NNSA's Security Roadmap Key Strategy 4 Develop and Sustain a Highly Capable Security Workforce. The report is the culmination of a year's work by a team of Industrial Organizational Leadership Development professionals from the National Training Center NNSA's Office of Human Capital Management and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The report is a comprehensive states of how the NNSA can significantly improve the recruitment development maturation and retention of the security professional. The report was designed to address the whole-person in that the report uses a competency-modeling concept as a key predictor in human performance. The next steps will include teaming to actively work the approved recommendations as well as establishing working groups to develop action plans for achieving success of each recommendation. The National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA is the U.S. agency responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety security and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive testing; works to reduce the global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the U.S. and abroad. Established by the United States Congress in 2000 NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the United States Department of Energy. The National Nuclear Security Administration was created by Congressional action in 1999 in the wake of the Wen Ho Lee spy scandal and other allegations that lax administration by the Department of Energy had resulted in the loss of U.S. nuclear secrets to China. Originally proposed to be an independent agency NNSA gained the reluctant support of the Clinton administration only after it was instead chartered as a sub-agency within the Department of Energy to be headed by an administrator reporting to the Secretary of Energy. The first NNSA administrator appointed was Air Force General and CIA Deputy Director John A. Gordon. NNSA has four missions with regard to national security: · To manage the U.S. nuclear weapon stockpile. · To reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction and to promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation. · To provide the United States Navy with safe militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants. · To support United States leadership in science and technology. United States. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration paperback
2014réf. 74295Washington DC: United States. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Office of Safety and Health 2014. Review draft. Binder clip at upper left corner. Very good. Approximately 200 sheets printed on one side only. Acronyms and Organizational Designations. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The final version of this supplemental directive was issued/dated 11-17-14. The evaluations described in this Supplemental Directive comprise a formalized approach to ensuring the nuclear explosive safety NES of all nuclear explosive operations NEOs performed by the National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA and its contractors. This approach requires that all new approved current and proposed changes to NEOs and associated supporting infrastructure receive a commensurate level of review and analysis. The Nuclear Explosive Safety Evaluation Process is a key mission responsibility of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. Among the topics and activities covered are: Nuclear Explosive Safety Studies NESS Operations Safety Reviews Contractor Nuclear Explosive Safety Change Evaluations Secure Transportation Security Operations Study Group Technical Advisors Post-Evaluation Process Change Control Process Deliberation Topics Findings Information Evaluation Finding Disposition Qualification Requirements Nuclear Explosive Operations. United States. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Office of Safety and Health unknown
1989réf. 74608Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston TX: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1989. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. vii 1 44 pages plus covers. Illustrations most in color. Cover has some wear and soiling with edge tear at back. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The Spacelab Life Sciences 1 SLS-1 mission originated with a call to the scientific community for experiments in 1978. Accepted experiments involved humans primates rodents amphibians and plants. The original payload configuration was reduced to include human passive rodent and basic biology experiments and engineering evaluations. Human experiments will address effects of micro-gravity on various physiological parameters during and postflight. Investigations with nonhuman subjects will study microgravity effects on the cardiopulmonary cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems on the regulation of blood volume and erythropoiesis and on calcium metabolism and gravity receptors. SLS-1 was to serve as a stepping stone in establishing capabilities for flying nonhuman subjects and performing in-flight manipulations on these subjects without jeopardizing the crew environment. Fundamental technology incorporated in the animal holding facilities and laboratory work bench will be used in subsequent missions and in the future Space Station. Space Life Science-1 SLS-1 launched aboard Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia STS-40 on June 5 1991 was the first Spacelab mission dedicated solely to life sciences research. The laboratory for the research took place in a module shown here carried in the cargo bay of the Columbia. The purpose of the mission was to study the mechanisms magnitudes and time courses of certain physiological changes that occur during space flight to investigate the consequences of the body's adaptation to microgravity and readjustment to Earth's gravity and to bring the benefits back home to Earth. The mission was designed to explore the responses of the heart lungs blood vessels kidneys and hormone-secreting glands to examine the causes of space motion sickness and study changes in the muscles bones and cells. Many studies started during SLS-1 provided data that served as the foundation for investigations on the International Space Station. National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback
1967réf. 73534Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Technology Utilization Scientific and Technical Information Division 1967. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Fair. vi 345 1 pages. Map. Illustrations some in color. Upper corner has gotten wet and some pages were stuck at the top fore-edge but are now separate with minimal impact on page content. Corporate library stamp on front cover. Name in ink on title page. Cover has other wear and soiling. Some page soiling. The Gemini Summary Conference emphasized the highlights of the Gemini Program and especially the flight results of the last five missions. This report contains the 21 technical papers presented at the conference as well as the introduction by George E. Mueller and concluding remarks by George M. Low. This copy once belonged to R. E. McGaughy who is listed as an author on some NASA technical reports. The Conference had sections on Space Orbital Maneuvering Man's Activities in Space Operational ExperienceGemini Onboard Experiments and Gemini summarization. Among the listed authors are: Edwin Aldrin Eugene Cernan Edward White Michael Collins Neil Armstrong Thomas Stafford and Charles Conrad. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Technology Utilization, Scientific and Technical Information Division paperback
2001réf. 73569Washington DC: U. S. Department of Energy 2001. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. 217 3 pages. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. The mission of the Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control NPAC is to prevent proliferation ensure peaceful nuclear uses and enable verifiable nuclear reductions. NPAC provides a comprehensive approach to strengthen nonproliferation and arms control regimes achieving its mission through four subprograms: International Nuclear Safeguards; Nuclear Controls; Nuclear Verification; Nonproliferation Policy. One of the gravest threats the United States and the international community face is the possibility that terrorists or rogue nations will acquire nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction WMD. NNSA through its Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation DNN works closely with a wide range of international partners key U.S. federal agencies the U.S. national laboratories and the private sector to secure safeguard and/or dispose of dangerous nuclear and radiological material and detect and control the proliferation of related WMD technology and expertise. The Office of Nonproliferation Research and Engineering part of the National Nuclear Security Administration within the Department of Energy conducts wide-ranging research for diverse end users at the federal and local level. As such the Office faces a number of unusual challenges in determining how to best serve its users' needs within its budget. The Chemical & Biological National Security Program was initiated in FY97 in response to the growing awareness of both the chemical and biological weapon capabilities available to potential attackers and the vulnerabilities of the U.S> population to these weapons. From the outset the program has drawn from the deep scientific and engineering talents in the national laboratories as well as from specialized expertise in academia and industry. A basic philosophy of the CBNP is that any near-term impact of research and development requires a mission focus. The program's goal was not just to develop technology but to apply it to solve real problems and to develop demonstrate and deliver technologies and systems to improved domestic defense capabilities and ultimately to save lives in the event of a chemical or biological attack. U. S. Department of Energy paperback
2017réf. 73761Albuquerque NM: United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs 2017. Presumed First Edition First printing if Issue B. Spiral bound. Very good. Various paginations approximately 150 pages. Illustrations. Some pages laminated. This Compilation includes Level 2 Federal Requirements Level 3 Contractor Agreements and Tools for Product Realization. The Defense Programs Business Process System DPBPS Portal as the mechanism for implementing DOE Order O 452.3 Management of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex. The Portal delivers business requirements and processes specific to the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs DP for directing managing operating and executing programs at the nuclear weapons production facilities and laboratories within the Nuclear Security Enterprise NSE. The DPBPS shall be the official web-based repository housing the business requirements processes and tools to perform DP activities within the Enterprise. M&O Contractors develop Level 4 content to specify and further details needed for site compliance. b. Content posted in the DPBPS shall become contractually binding on the effective date informed through the Site Impact Analysis T014 process and authorized by the PADAMA. NNSA publishes the content after PADAMA authorization and before the effective date to allow contractors time to bring site-specific processes into compliance. The DPBPS' content apply to all federal organizations responsible for maintaining and enhancing the safety reliability and performance of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile including the ability to design produce and test in order to meet national security requirements. Field Office Contracting Officers are responsible for including this policy in the Managing & Operating M&O Contractor contracts for the National Security Enterprise sites. The Contractor Requirements Document CRD sets forth requirements of this directive that apply to contracts. The CRD must be included in contracts of National Security Enterprise M&O Contractor sites performing work under the Defense Programs. United States, Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs unknown
1971réf. 72114Washington DC: GPO 1971. Wraps. Good. 352 pages wraps quarto illus. a few in color tables charts footnotes chapter references small 1/2" tear at front top hinge slight wear and soiling to covers The Biosatellite Program was the first serious U.S. attempt to design a spaceflight system tailored to the needs of biologic experimentation and Biosatellite II was the first successfully completed mission. Topics covered include experiments with invertebrates experiments with plants and experiments with cellular systems. GPO paperback
1943réf. 62754Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1943. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. vi 90 p. Includes illustrations. 78th Congress 1st Session. House Document No. 248. The rationing activities of the Office grew during this reporting period. Rationing and price control were essential parts of the broad stabilization program. Price controls assured stability in the value of incomes; rationing provided access to a share of the good in short supply because of the demands of wartime. This report contains charts and a wealth of information by commodity groups and other groupings. These documents have becoming increasingly scarce in the secondhand scholarly and collector communities. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1943réf. 62753Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1943. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. v 26 p. Includes illustrations. 78th Congress 1st Session. House Document No. 54. This was Leon Henderson's last report. He addressed briefly the initial and at times seemingly insuperable difficulties confronted. He recognized individual hardships but asserted that these were being held to a minimum. This report contains charts and a wealth of information by commodity groups and other groupings. These documents have becoming increasingly scarce in the secondhand scholarly and collector communities. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1995réf. 67850Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1995. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Tabs folced. Includes illustrations. Approximately 200 pages. Contains the two-day agenda and presentations from the first day Sessions 1 and 2. Occasional footnotes. This appears to be the first volume of a two volume proceedings of a NASA sponsored conference held in Washington DC. National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback
1942réf. 62752Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1942. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. viii 255 p. Includes illustrations. 77th Congress 2d Session. House Document No. 891. This report covers a very difficult period in the development of price control a period inaugurated with the issuance by the Office of the General Manimum Price Regulation and accompanying rent orders the first move in the President's anti-inflation progra. These measures were taken in the expectation that thedirect control of the cost of living thereby established would be reinforced by the control of the basic inflationary forces as contemplated in the President's program. However during this period the inflationary pressures continued to build up. This report contains numerous charts and a wealth of information by commodity groups and other groupings. These documents have becoming increasingly scarce in the secondhand scholarly and collector communities. United States Government Printing Office paperback
réf. 61771Washington DC; Boca Raton FL: National Archives Trust Fund Board; Social Issues Resources Series Inc. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase has been damaged but the contents are in good condition. vii 79 p. Includes illustrations. Glossary. Annotated bibliography. Time Line. In addition to the 86 page booklet there are a series of f54 acsimile documents all present provided for classroom use. This is the fourth in a special series to make National Archives records available to the public in appropriate forms in part through the work of its Office of Educational Programs in producing a series of supplementary tearching units. National Archives Trust Fund Board; Social Issues Resources Series, Inc hardcover
1961réf. 63449Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Somewhat worn and soiled. Edge tear at front. Stain at last page. Small hole at bottom of last page. ii 121 p. Includes illustrations. Folding charts. This is an extremely scarce Richard Helms/Central Intelligence Agency item. This was sworn testimony before the Congressional subcommittee. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2005réf. 69058Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Very good. Includes illustrations. CD-ROM In 2005 the Nation's nuclear weapons enterprise put forth a vision for evolving the program and its design and production facilities and the underlying technologies and infrastructure for the coming quarter century. This CD-ROM contains information on this vision. From the NNSA website: "The NNSA was established by Congress in 2000 as a separately organized agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for the management and security of the nation s nuclear weapons nuclear nonproliferation and naval reactor programs. In 2002 NNSA reorganized removing a layer of management by eliminating its regional operations offices in New Mexico California and Nevada. Contract and project management oversight responsibility for NNSA s labs plants and special facilities was given to the site offices. NNSA headquarters retained responsibility for strategic and program planning budgeting and oversight of research development and nonproliferation activities. NNSA is responsible for the management and security of the nation s nuclear weapons nuclear nonproliferation and naval reactor programs. It also responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad. Additionally NNSA federal agents provide safe and secure transportation of nuclear weapons and components and special nuclear materials along with other missions supporting the national security. NNSA relies on contractors to manage day-to-day site operations and to adhere to Department of Energy policies when operating the laboratories production plants and other facilities within the complex. Together the facilities implement NNSA s all-encompassing Stockpile Stewardship program that includes operations associated with surveillance assessment maintenance refurbishment manufacture and dismantlement of the nuclear weapons stockpile as well as research and development and certification efforts." National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Programs unknown
1943réf. 62745Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1943. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ink note on front cover. iii 67 p. Includes illustrations. 78th Congress 1st Session. House Document No. 358. This report addresses price control rationing rent control and enforcement. These documents have becoming increasingly scarce in the secondhand scholarly and collector communities. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1943réf. 62746Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1943. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Cover nearly separated barely connected at staple. Cover has some soiling. iii 65 p. 78th Congress 1st Session House Document No 302. Includes a statistical summary. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1987réf. 65212Washington DC 1987. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Staple bound. Slight wear and soiling. xii 91 p. Includes: illustrations diagrams maps. Distribution Category UC-90. This document was released for printing on February 19 1987. This report presents an analysis of both actual fuel substitution in 1984 and potential fuel substitution in the manufacturing sector. This analysis is based on the 1984 Dun & Bradstreet Major Industrial Plant Database MIPD. This report also provides a summary of the MIPD at both the national and Census region level and compares the Dun and Bradstreet data to other available data sources. paperback
2009réf. 67232Moffett FIeld CA: United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2009. Reprint. Second Printing. Wraps. Very good. Includes: illustrations diagrams. Various paginations approximately 125 pages. References. From Wikipedia: "The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center DLR to construct and maintain an airborne observatory. NASA awarded the contract for the development of the aircraft operation of the observatory and management of the American part of the project to the Universities Space Research Association USRA in 1996. The DSI Deutsches SOFIA Institut manages the German parts of the project which are primarily science and telescope related. SOFIA's telescope saw first light on May 26 2010. SOFIA is the successor to the Kuiper Airborne Observatory.SOFIA is based on a Boeing 747SP wide-body aircraft that has been modified to include a large door in the aft fuselage that can be opened in flight to allow a 2.5 meter diameter reflecting telescope access to the sky. This telescope is designed for infrared astronomy observations in the stratosphere at altitudes of about 41 000 feet about 12 km. SOFIA's flight capability allows it to rise above almost all of the water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere which blocks some infrared wavelengths from reaching the ground. At the aircraft's cruising altitude 85% of the full infrared range will be available. The aircraft can also travel to almost any point on the Earth's surface allowing observation from the northern and southern hemispheres. Once ready for use the expectation is for observing flights to be flown 3 or 4 nights a week for the next 20 years. SOFIA is now based at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at LA/Palmdale Regional Airport California while staff at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View California operate the SOFIA Science Center where astronomical observation missions are planned for the flying observatory. The NASA logo reflected in SOFIAs 2.5-meter primary mirror. SOFIA uses a 2.5-meter reflector telescope which has an oversized 2.7 meter diameter primary mirror as is common with most large infrared telescopes. The optical system uses a Cassegrain reflector design with a parabolic primary mirror and a remotely configurable hyperbolic secondary. In order to fit the telescope into the fuselage the primary is shaped to an f-number as low as 1.3 while the resulting optical layout has an f-number of 19.7. A flat tertiary dichroic mirror is used to deflect the infrared part of the beam to the Nasmyth focus where it can be analyzed. An optical mirror located behind the tertiary mirror is used for a camera guidance system. The telescope looks out of a large door in the side of the fuselage near the airplane's tail and will initially carry nine instruments for infrared astronomy at wavelengths from 1 655 micrometres and high-speed optical astronomy at wavelengths from 0.3 1.1 micrometres. The main instruments are the FLITECAM a near infrared camera covering 1 5 micrometres; FORCAST covering the mid-infrared range of 5 40 micrometres and HAWC which spans the far infrared in the range 42 210 micrometres. The other four instruments include an optical photometer and infrared spectrometers with various spectral ranges. SOFIA s telescope is by far the largest ever to be placed in an aircraft. For each mission one interchangeable science instrument will be attached to the telescope. Two groups of general purpose instruments are available. In addition an investigator can also design and build a special purpose instrument. On April 17 2012 two upgrades to HAWC were selected by NASA to increase the field of view with new detector arrays and to add the capability of measuring the polarization of dust emission from celestial sources. The open cavity housing the telescope will be exposed to high-speed turbulent winds. In addition the vibrations and motions of the aircraft introduce observing difficulties. The telescope was designed to be very lightweight with a honeycomb shape milled into the back of the mirror and polymer composite material used for the telescope. United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback