NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

The Mission Mauagement Mice (MMO) is a key element in the Launch Services and Expendable Launch Vehicle
Program. ?he responsibdity of this group is to assure proper w o n of spacecWpayload activities to the Launch Services
provider (launch vehicle) and all ground support activities (launch support and global telemetry needs). The office was
consolidated at Kennedy Space Center fiom a number of different NASA centers and at this time is reviewing its work
processes and workflow. A Management System simulation model was developed for wok being performed by the Mission
Integration Managers (MIM) to determine the workforce requirements for core activities. A dynamic model was developed to
allow fix variations and uncertainty in the resource expenditures required for each activity and to allow fir potential what-if
analyses for future workloads. The model while only an early revision predicted workforce requirements that were consistent
with a previous static model. Future activities and modeling approaches are identified
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Systems Simulation; NASA Space Programs; Dynamic Models
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DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Includes information management; information storage and retrieval technology; technical writing; graphic arts; and micrography. For
computer program documentation see 61 Computer Programming and Software.
20040111379 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
The Widest Practicable Dissemination: The NASA Technical Report Server
Nelson, Michael L.; Gottlich, Gretchen L.; Bianco, David J.; Binkley, Robert L.; Kellogg, Yvonne D.; Paulson, Sharon S.;
Beaumont, Chris J.; Schmunk, Robert B.; Kurtz, Michael J.; Accomazzi, Alberto; [1995]; 14 pp.; In English; Computers in
Aerospace 10, 28-30 Mar. 1995, San Antonio, TX, USA
Report No.(s): AIAA Paper 95-0964; Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 established NASA and charged it to ‘provide for the widest practicable
and appropriate dissemination of information concerning [...] its activities and the results thereof.’ The search for innovative
methods to distribute NASA s information lead a grass-roots team to create the NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS), which
uses the World Wide Web and other popular Internet-based information systems as search engines. The NTRS is an inter-center
effort which provides uniform access to various distributed publication servers residing on the Internet. Users have immediate
desktop access to technical publications from NASA centers and institutes. The NTRS is comprised of several units, some
constructed especially for inclusion in NTRS, and others that are existing NASA publication services that NTRS reuses. This
paper presents the NTRS architecture, usage metrics, and the lessons learned while implementing and maintaining the services
over the initial 6-month period. The NTRS is largely constructed with freely available software running on existing hardware.
NTRS builds upon existing hardware and software, and the resulting additional exposure for the body of literature contained
will allow NASA to ensure that its institutional knowledge base will continue to receive the widest practicable and appropriate
dissemination.
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Information Dissemination; Information Retrieval; Information Systems; World Wide Web; Internet Resources; Information
Transfer
20040111445 Industrial Coll. of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC
2002 Industry Studies: News Media
Alfieri, Paul; Bender, Gary; Clark, Gregg; Coleman II, John W.; Dellas, Christos; Jan. 2002; 32 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A425304; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
American journalism is in the midst of a transition unlike any it has experienced in the 225-year history of the republic.
The news industry today is facing the proliferation of distribution of outlets, fragmentation and shifting demographics of the
audiences, and an increased emphasis on profit making. Industry executives have not responded well to these challenges,
cutting their reporting and editorial staffs, closing foreign bureaus, and shifting the content of their product away from hard
news toward more entertainment-related news and sensationalism. On the positive side, media executives are exploring new
ways to make their news operations more efficient through investment in technology and by acquiring new media outlets and
consolidating news production.
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Industries; News Media
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