Compared to the cost of losing a satellite or a shuttle to space debris impact, "this looks like a bargain, " says Dr. Campbell, who works at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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Doctors may soon face requests to provide medical clearance for commercial space travelers and these decisions could impact the growth of the private space industry, according to a new analysis.
From smoke detectors to cancer treatments, the impact of space exploration affects our everyday lives.
In this nascent age of Social TV metrics, a philosophy about what actually matters in the space has a large impact on results.
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Although I had spent a decade already in the data space, driving business impact through analytics, I did not see myself as a scientist.
Proving social outcomes is a thorny challenge for those of us in the impact investing space, whether we serve communities in Brooklyn or Cameroon.
This reduces both the time involved in finding a parking space and the environmental impact from pollutant emissions. 14 ParkNow stations are currently set up in and around San Francisco.
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If they can take fewer penalties and be less sloppy, and if Alex Ovechkin can find more space to make an impact after getting shut out in Games 3 and 4, they should be in good shape to turn the tide.
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It also exposes people to weaknesses in the organization and creates space for them to try to impact areas beyond their immediate responsibilities.
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Just as social media has dominated the web for the last few years, it is now poised to have a significant impact in the mobile space, as the study revealed it to be the 3rd largest category of in terms of monthly app revenues in the iOS store, moving up 9 spots over the past year.
The role of the government in the whole healthcare revamping will impact things significantly in that space.
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It is still standing, but obscured by newly-built shophouses and even a mall, which rob the design of the impact it made when open space surrounded it.
The deal is a fascinating and promising example of impact investing, that uncharted space between philanthropy and profit maximization, and the U.S. needs much more of this, not to mention developing countries.
But we are the only species to have defined a geological period by our activity something usually performed by major glaciations, mass extinction and the colossal impact of objects from outer space, like the one that defines the upper boundary of the Cretaceous.
Rahim Kanani: What makes this approach innovative in the water and sanitation space, and how will you measure your impact?
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Then a marine geologist, James Kennett of the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he had found evidence of the impact of a large object from space 12, 900 years ago, in the form of carbon spherules in silt.
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But there are some achievements so notable, so ground-shaking, that even within the short space of a few decades we can feel their impact.
Shervin Pishevar, a venture capitalist at Menlo Ventures and an investor in Getaround, TaskRabbit, Uber and other startups in this space, believes these services will have a major impact on the economics of cities.
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"It's hard to understate the impact his ideas have had on the space, " says Phill Ryu, a developer who helped design the Clear task-management app, which uses variations on "pull-to-refresh" and has been downloaded more than 800, 000 times.
The launch of the Surface tablet could provide a very positive impact to Windows 8 sales in the tablet space.
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The grain could be the result of a smaller, closer impact or even a piece of space dust that has drifted down to earth intact.
The evolving impact of these factors in a fast-moving space will continue to be fascinating to watch (and research).
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The electronic interface of the Art for Peace project on the UNESCO website will multiply its visibility and impact, providing a forum and a global public space for youth education by engaging students in an active dialogue about some extraordinary masterpieces to foster a shared vision of peace and humanity.
They were all blasted off the Red Planet by some asteroid or cometary impact, and then spent millions of years travelling through space before falling to Earth.
Bigelow says that in the three most important measures of a space station's viability--volume, ability to take impact and radiation protection--his expandable systems work much better than traditional hard-sided metal habitats.
Space given to corridors, halls and canteens will shrink, prompting concerns about the impact on pupil behaviour.
Another contribution to the space, Ouya, could be a compelling product, but its virtues, and the impact they will have on the gaming community, remain to be seen.
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance, said "it's too early to tell what, if any, impact" the congressional appropriation may have on workforce levels in the months ahead.
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