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51Steering law — The steering law is a predictive model of how quickly one may navigate, or steer , through a 2 dimensional tunnel. The tunnel can be thought of as a path or trajectory on a plane that has an associated thickness or width, where the width can vary …
52AN/FPS-17 — The AN/FPS 17 is a ground based fixed beam radar system that was installed at Pirinçlik Air Base in south eastern Turkey.This system was deployed to satisfy scientific and technical intelligence collection requirements during the Cold War. The… …
53India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
54space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
55Asteroid-impact avoidance — Planetary defense redirects here. For defending against alien invasion in fiction, see alien invasion. Artist s impression of a major impact event. The collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometres in diameter releases as much energy… …
56Magellan (spacecraft) — Magellan Artist s depiction of Magellan at Venus Operator NASA / JPL Major contractors Martin Marietta / Hughes Aircraft …
57Neuschwanstein (meteorite) — Neuschwanstein I fragment of the Neuschwanstein meteorite (1705 grams) …
58Postmodernist theory — Lyotard, Baudrillard and others Thomas Docherty INTRODUCTION Philosophy has been touched by postmodernism. Philosophy, in the modern academy, is supposed to be the discipline of disciplines: it is philosophy which will be able to gather together …
59Fire-control system — Note: the term fire control may also refer to means of stopping a fire, such as sprinkler systems. A fire control system is a computer, often mechanical, which is designed to assist a weapon system in hitting its target. It performs the same task …
60Rational motion — In kinematics, the motion of a rigid body is defined as a continuous set of displacements. One parameter motions can be definedas a continuous displacement of moving object with respect to a fixed frame in Euclidean three space ( E 3), where the… …
