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Astronomers used the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) telescope to take this deep image in ultraviolet light of the sprawling spiral galaxy M81, hoping to learn where it kept its hot stars
On the Cover Issue 46, Spring 2012

Astronomers used the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) telescope to take this deep image in ultraviolet light of the sprawling spiral galaxy M81, hoping to learn where it kept its hot stars. Hot stars emit more ultraviolet than cool stars, and are frequently associated with young, open clusters of stars and energetic star-forming regions. Less than […]

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Efficiency Through Document Automation

By Robert Delwood Today’s tight budgets and reduced staff mean we need ways to work more efficiently. For office and knowledge workers that should include document automation.

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In This Issue by Don Cohen
In This Issue (ASK 46)

Don Cohen, Managing Editor   In his “From the Academy Director” column, Ed Hoffman says, “Knowledge is the coin of the realm at NASA,” and discusses the challenges of identifying, capturing, and sharing the wealth of valuable knowledge the agency possesses.

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From the Academy Director: NASA’s Knowledge Imperative

By Ed Hoffman Like all large, knowledge-intensive organizations, NASA faces continuous challenges identifying, capturing, and sharing what it knows effectively.

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ASK Interactive
ASK Interactive (ASK 46)

NASA in the News   Focusing on a space program that is built to last, NASA’s FY2013 budget details plans for the agency’s endeavors in Earth and planetary science, astrophysics, heliophysics, aeronautics, technology, and exploration.

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The Knowledge Notebook by Laurence Prusak
The Knowledge Notebook: The Greeks Had Many Words for It

By Laurence Prusak At the end of February, the Office of the Chief Engineer at NASA convened a meeting at Kennedy Space Center to discuss a variety of practices and policy issues regarding knowledge management at the agency.

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ASK Bookshelf

  Here are descriptions of some books that we believe will interest ASK readers. An Engineers Alphabet, by Henry Petroski (Cambridge University Press, 2011) Author of The Evolution of Useful Things and The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance among other books, Henry Petroski has long been an astute and eloquent explainer of how […]

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A technician prepares the Canadian-built fine-guidance sensor’s engineering test unit for cryogenic testing at the Canadian Space Agency’s David Florida Lab in Ottawa.
Managing Canada’s Contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope

By Karl Saad   Along with a half dozen NASA centers, the European Space Agency (ESA), and a variety of academic and industry partners, the Canadian Space Agency has been working on its contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope.

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“What Works” Luncheon
What Works Luncheon

By Maureen Madden   I love to learn about all the cool things we work on here at NASA, but I don’t have time to read all the press releases or go to all the workshops and conferences.

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