space manufacture
21Gemini space suit — The Gemini space suit is a space suit worn by astronauts for launch, in flight activities (including EVAs) and landing. It was designed by NASA based on the X 15 high altitude pressure suit, and has been used since Gemini, in various forms, by… …
22Surrey Space Centre — The Surrey Space Centre is part of the University of Surrey in Guildford, England. The center is primarily concerned with the design and creation of miniaturized satellites. Among other things, the center has developed many spacecraft, including… …
23Orbiter Processing Facility — Space Shuttle Columbia at the entrance of an Orbiter Processing Facility An Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) was one of three hangars where U.S. space shuttle orbiters underwent maintenance between flights. All three such facilities, OPF 1, OPF… …
24Cannabis foods — Space cakes redirects here. For the Alanis Morrisette EP, see Space Cakes. Various cannabis foods on display in Amsterdam Cannabis foods (including hash brownies and space cakes), are food products made with cannabis in herbal or resin form as an …
25aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
26technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
27Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
28interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …
29United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
30arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
