Roger Easton Pioneered Satellite Telemetry And Timing
Roger L. Easton has been recognized by the National Inventors
Hall of Fame for pioneering achievements in spacecraft tracking and
timing and navigation technology (TIMATION) that led to the
development of critical enabling technologies of the NAVSTAR-Global
Positioning System (GPS).
At Thursday morning's STS-131 countdown status briefing,
everything was reported "go," pointing toward space shuttle
Discovery's liftoff on Monday. Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy
Winters gave an 80 percent chance of an on-time launch.
Unique Rotorcraft Development Program Seen As Sikorsky R&D
Benchmark
Few (if any) rotorcraft development programs have earned the
intense interest and scrutiny devoted to the Sikorsky X2 Coaxial
Pusher concept. About as unique as a rotorcraft gets these days,
this program has set the heli world on its ear with the promise of
a viable helo design that could conceivably be put into service
within just a few years and readily stomp through 250 knots, in the
process.
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