Fail-safe skies: coming in the 21st century?
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The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to automate air traffic control procedures at a cost of $32 billion. The automation is essential because controllers, in the early 1990s, are using equipment that is about 20 years old, and air traffic is expected to double within ten years.
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1993
Planning, Cover Story, Technology application, Air traffic control, United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1993
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Dark days for science?
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The US' leadership in the field of science is being imperiled by Republican-led plans to radically slash science and technology spending. House Science Committee Republican Chmn. Robert Walker and Rep. george brown share their views on the predicament.
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1995
Analysis, Finance, Research, Interview, Science and state, Science policy, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1995
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