By invitation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently
joined Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium that
leverages the strength of 99 major Ph.D.-granting research
institutions to advance science and education by partnering with
national laboratories, government agencies, and private
industry.
Ground Delay Program
(GDP)
A traffic management process administered by the ATCSCC; when
aircraft are held on the ground. The purpose of the program is to
support the TM mission and limit airborne holding. It is a flexible
program and may be implemented in various forms depending upon the
needs of the AT system. Ground delay programs provide for equitable
assignment of delays to all system users.
Aero Linx:
USPPA
The USPPA, the US Powered Paraglding Association, was
formed on March 15, 2001 as a 501(c)3 charitable corporation. Tax
exempt status was gained several years later. The siite states
that, "Our hope is to 'Promote, Enhance and Preserve the sport of
Powered Paragliding' through the collective efforts of those who
chose to participate. By combining our efforts there are some
things that we can do more effectively as a collective whole than
as individual parts or small groups.
"We
congratulate our Russian colleagues on Sunday's successful launch
of ISS Progress 45, and the spacecraft is on its way to the
International Space Station. Pending the outcome of a series of
flight readiness meetings in the coming weeks, this successful
flight sets the stage for the next Soyuz launch, planned for
mid-November. The December Soyuz mission will restore the space
station crew size to six and continue normal crew
rotations."
Source: From a statement by Bill Gerstenmaier, associate
administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA
Headquarters in Washington, on Sunday's launch of the Progress 45
spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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