• DocumentCode
    1473599
  • Title

    Farewell to the Space Shuttle

  • Author

    Laplante, Phillip A.

  • Author_Institution
    Pennsylvania State University
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    The US Space Shuttle program helped start many careers and companies and initiate countless breakthroughs in computing hardware and software, medicine, life sciences, materials research, propulsion, and electromechanical technologies. The author looks at the program´s legacy and ponders how we´ll fill the void left behind. This department is part of a special issue on NASA contributions to IT.
  • Keywords
    NASA; Space Shuttle;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITP.2012.36
  • Filename
    6171961
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1473599