NASA's not shining moments: the space agency's approach, including its "faster, better, cheaper" credo, may be a recipe for disaster

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NASA has endured numerous setbacks from the mid-1990s to the present, including the loss of the Mars Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter and the six-month grounding of the space shuttle fleet. Some analysts attribute the increasing rate of these incidents to poor management and the erosion of critical work-force skills. Others assert that NASA's problems are the logical result of the so-called "faster, better, cheaper" credo that guides its research and engineering.

Analysis, Management, Quality management, Design and construction, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Executive ability, Spacecraft, Astronautics, Space vehicles, Aerospace engineering

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Violent opposition: escalating protests may be driving away some researchers

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Medical researchers whose work involves the use of animals increasingly have been targeted for more violent forms of protest from certain animal rights activists. Some researchers have received letters booby-trapped with razor blades, and others have had their facilities vandalized and their results destroyed.

Planning, Usage, Demonstrations and protests, Animal experimentation, Animal welfare, Animal rights movement, Vivisection

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Ultrashort-pulse lasers: big payoffs in a flash

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Research into the development and use of ultrashort-pulse lasers is described. Uses include producing images for biological and medical uses, surgical uses, and for broadband gain.

Research, Laser pulses, Ultrashort, Ultrashort laser pulses

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