Featured Library Titles

Sept. 2009


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Accomplishments 2008. Goddard’s Innovative Partnerships Program Office.
HD9711.5 .U6 G633 2009 Bookstacks
 
Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary Schools Education. Committee on Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary School Teaching, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Advisory Committee, Center for Education.
LB1772.2 .C66 2000 Bookstacks
 
Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. Panel on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States Mechanical Engineering, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
TJ159.7 .U6 B46 2007 Bookstacks
 
Best Practices for Resolving Government Contract Disputes: Leading Lawyers on Preventing Disputes, Meeting the Client’s Objectives, and Achieving a Successful Outcome. Edited by Eddie Fournier.
HD3858 .B478 2008 Bookstacks
 
Final Report of the International Space Station Independent Safety Force.
TL797 .I584 S633 2007 Bookstacks
 
History of Rocketry and Astronautics: International Academy of Astronautics: International Academy of Astronautics History Symposia at the International Astronautical Congresses Abstracts and Index 1967 – 2000. Herve Moulin, volume editor.
TL788.5 .A6 V. 31 2009 Bookstacks
TL788.5 .A6 V. 31 2009 CD-ROM
 
History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Thirty-Third History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics : Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1999. Frank H. Winter, volume editor.
TL788.5 .A6 V. 28 2007 Bookstacks
 
How NASA Builds Teams: Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams. Charles J. Pellerin.
HD66 .P455 2009 Bookstacks
 
Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects. U.S. Government Accountability Office.
T58.5 .F434 2009 Bookstacks
 
International Space Station Lessons Learned as Applied to Exploration. International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board.
TL797 .I584 2009 Bookstacks
 
International Space Station Science Research Accomplishments during the Assembly Years: An Analysis of Results from 2000-2008. Cynthia A. Evans … [et al.]
TL797 .I584 S633 2009 Bookstacks
 
Kids to Space Mission Plans: an Educator’s Guide. Compiled by Lonnie Jones Schorer and Barbara Sprungman David.
TL793 .S36a 2008
TL793 .S36a 2008 CD-ROM
 
Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008. Michael D. Griffin.
TL789.85 .G68 A5 2008 Bookstacks
 
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon. Buzz Aldrin with Ken Abraham. 1st ed.
TL789.85 .A4 A3 2009 Bookstacks
 
Managing at the Speed of Light: Improving Mission-Support Performance: A Report by a Panel of the National Academy of the National Academy of Public Administration for the United States Congress and the Department of Energy.
HF5549.5 .M3 M363 2009 Bookstacks
 
Max Goes to Jupiter: a Science Adventure with Max the Dog. Jeffrey Bennett, Nick Schneider, Erica Ellingson.
PZ7 .B43995 MAJ 2009 Bookstacks
 
NASA’s Elementary and Secondary Education Program: Review and Critique. Committee for the Review and Evaluation of NASA’s Precollege Program; Helen R. Quinn, Heidi A. Schweingruber, and Michael A. Feder, editors.
LB1594.5 .N38 2008 Bookstacks
 
NASA’s Innovative Partnerships Program: Adding Value for NASA and the Nation. writers/producers: Sheri Beam, Tim Allen.
TL173.8 .N37 I563 2009 DVD Video Collection
 
On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research. Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. 3rd ed.
Q180 .A1 O5 2009 Bookstacks
 
One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered. Piers Bizony.
QB582.5 .B625 2009 Bookstacks
 
Optimizing Luck: What the Passion to Succeed Can Teach Business Leaders on Earth. Thomas Meylan and Terry Teas. 1st ed.
HD58.9 .M494 2007 Bookstacks
 
Organizational Learning at NASA: The Challenger and Columbia Accidents. Julianne G. Mahler with Maureen Hogan Casamayou.
TL521.312 .M32 2009 Bookstacks
 
The Pluto Files: the Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson.
QB701 .T97 2009 Bookstacks
 
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World. Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, Marty Linsky.
HD57.7 .H3995 2009 PPM Stacks
 
Reforming the Evaluation of Research. Chris L. S. Coryn, Michael Scriven, editors.
Q180.55 .E9 R44 2008 Bookstacks
 
The Responsible Contract Manager: Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World. Steven Cohen and William Eimicke.
HD3861 .U6 C64 2008 Bookstacks
 
Review of NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program: An Interim Report. Committee to Review NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
TL521.312 .R484 2008 Bookstacks
 
The Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground, 1945-1958. Gregory P. Kennedy.
TL781.8 .U5 K46 2009 Bookstacks
 
Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment. Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA. National Academies Press.
GE150 .N37 2009 Bookstacks
 
Science and Technology for America’s Progress: Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments in the New Administration. Committee on Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments; Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy. National Academies Press.
Q127 .U6 S314463 2008 Bookstacks
 
Science Professionals: Master’s Education for a Competitive World. Committee on Enhancing the Master’s Degree in the Natural Sciences, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies. National Academies Press.
Q181 .S3759 2008 Bookstacks
 
Service Operation Based on ITIL V3: A Management Guide. [authors: Jan van Bon et al.].
QA76.76 .C69 B66 2008 Bookstacks
 
Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration. Roger D. Launius and Andrew K. Johnston. 1st ed.
QB500.262 .L384 2009 Bookstacks
 
Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century . Philip Robert Harris.
TL795.7 .H38 2009 Bookstacks
 
Space Rescue: Ensuring the Safety of Manned Spaceflight. David J. Shayler.
TL867 .S535 2009 Bookstacks
 
Space Technologies and Climate Change: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources, and Maritime Transport. OECD.
TL796 .S64 2008 Bookstacks
 
Space Technologies and Climate Change: Main Findings and Recommendations. OECD.
TL796 .S64a 2008 Bookstacks
 
Spacesuits: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection. Amanda Young; photographs by Mark Avino.
TL1550 .Y66 2009 Bookstacks
 
Strategic Management and Business Policy: Concept and Cases. Thomas L. Wheelen, J. David Hunger. 11th ed.
HD30.28 .W43 2008b Bookstacks
 
Strategic Use of Analytics in Government. Thomas H. Davenport, Stirkka L. Jarvenpaa. IBM Center for the Business of Government.
HD38.7 .D384 S773 Bookstacks
 
Super Lightweight Tank: ESMD Risk Management Case Study. NASA Exploration System Mission Directorate.
TL867 .E863 2009 CDROM
 
Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth. Roger L. Geiger and Creso M. Sa.
LC67.62 .G45 2008 Bookstacks
 
Technology, Policy, Law and Science Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities. William A. Owens, Kenneth W. Dam, and Herbert S. Lin, editors. Committee on Offensive Information Warfare, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies. National Academies Press.
U163 .T43 2009 Bookstacks
 
Transforming Government through Collaborative Information. Satish Nambisan. IBM Center for the Business of Government.
JF1531 .N365 T736 2008 Bookstacks
 
Understanding the Space Economy: Competition, Cooperation and Commerce: A Study Produced for NASA. Oxford Analytica.
HD9711.75 .U534 2008 Bookstacks
 
Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experience. Andrew Chaikin with Victoria Kohl.
TL799 .M6 C434 2009 Bookstacks
 
What Scientists Actually Do. Joan Horvath; illustrations by Nichole S. Wong.
Q126 .H67 2008 Bookstacks
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