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LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Space Sci Rev DOI 10.1007/s11214-011-9759-y LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned Jennifer L. Heldmann · Anthony Colaprete · Diane H. Wooden · Robert F. Ackermann · David D. Acton · Peter R. Backus · Vanessa Bailey · Jesse G. Ball · William C. Barott · Samantha K. Blair · Marc W. Buie · Shawn Callahan · Nancy J. Chanover · Young-Jun Choi · Al Conrad · Dolores M. Coulson · Kirk B. Crawford · Russell DeHart · Imke de Pater · Michael Disanti · James R. Forster · Reiko Furusho · Tetsuharu Fuse · Tom Geballe · J. Duane Gibson · David Goldstein · Stephen A. Gregory · David J. Gutierrez · Ryan T. Hamilton · Taiga Hamura · David E. Harker · Gerry R. Harp · Junichi Haruyama · Morag Hastie · Yutaka Hayano · Phillip Hinz · Peng K. Hong · Steven P. James · Toshihiko Kadono · Hideyo Kawakita · Michael S. Kelley · Daryl L. Kim · Kosuke Kurosawa · Duk-Hang Lee · Michael Long · Paul G. Lucey · Keith Marach · Anthony C. Matulonis · Richard M. McDermid · Russet McMillan · Charles Miller · Hong-Kyu Moon · Ryosuke Nakamura · Hirotomo Noda · Natsuko Okamura · Lawrence Ong · Dallan Porter · Jeffery J. Puschell · John T. Rayner · J. Jedadiah Rembold · Katherine C. Roth · Richard J. Rudy · Ray W. Russell · Eileen V. Ryan · William H. Ryan · Tomohiko Sekiguchi · Yasuhito Sekine · Mark A. Skinner · Mitsuru Sôma · Andrew W. Stephens · Alex Storrs · Robert M. Suggs · Seiji Sugita · Eon-Chang Sung · Naruhisa Takatoh · Jill C. Tarter · Scott M. Taylor · Hiroshi Terada · Chadwick J. Trujillo · Vidhya Vaitheeswaran · Faith Vilas · Brian D. Walls · Jun-ihi Watanabe · William J. Welch · Charles E. Woodward · Hong-Suh Yim · Eliot F. Young Received: 9 October 2010 / Accepted: 8 February 2011 © The Author(s) 2011. -
Sun Life Foundation Philippines 2015 Annual Report
4 6 24 28 40 48 52 54 Table of Contents 4 A Message from the Chairman and President 6 120 Project 24 120 Rays of Giving Back 28 Education 40 Health 48 Environment 52 Lives Touched 54 Financial Reports 4 Sun Life Foundation There is more to the legacy of Sun Life A MESSAGE FROM than meets the eye. THE CHAIRMAN As we celebrate 120 years of helping AND PRESIDENT Filipinos achieve lifetime financial security, it is but fitting to also honor the culture of generosity that has been nurtured within our organization. Since our business is founded on taking care of another person’s future, Sun Lifers are naturally attuned to acts of service. And its brightest manifestation is the Sun Life Foundation – where its four pillars of arts and culture, education, health, and environment embody the values that we collectively uphold. Such is the inspiration behind a menu of volunteer activities called “120 Rays of Giving Back,” which rallied both employees and advisors to donate their time and resources to their chosen advocacies. Complemented by the Foundation’s sustainable projects, this nationwide volunteerism drive made our milestone year even more significant. Sun Life Foundation 5 Because for a company to reach more than a century of doing business in a country, it needs to grow its own roots and a sense of being home. Sun Life is home in the Philippines, and we want to continue giving back to communities and families who are most in need. To our partners, thank you for the trust and friendship that you have given us. -
On My Honor: Stories of Scouts in Action
On My Honor: Stories of Scouts in Action Some heroes act in the daily round of existing, others act at the moment. This is a book about heroes who were and who are members of the great Movement known as Scouting. Some of them received official recognition for their acts, some did not. On My Honor: Stories of Scouts in Action narrates stories of Scouts and Scouters who have displayed heroism in the service of fellow human beings. It is a landmark work in the history of BSP publishing. Special thanks to Bong Saculles for creating a digitized copy of this book for the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. To all the Scouts. 1 FOREWORD It is fitting that we remember the past. It is practical that we move with the times. It is important that we serve the youth of today. It is necessary that we face present realities. No monument ever suffices to honor acts of heroism. Imitation is the best praise. So the best tribute which can be rendered to people who have performed heroic acts is to publicize the deed in order that an example can be set before others to inspire them to do likewise. On My Honor: Stories of Scouts in Action narrates stories of Scouts and Scouters who have displayed heroism in the service of fellow human beings. It is a landmark work in the history of BSP publishing. -
Press Release Science Film Festival Ph
PRESS RELEASE SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL PH reached 100,000 viewers! The Science Film Festival 2014 in the Philippines, organized by the Goethe- Institut in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the Department of Education (DepEd) and Mercedes-Benz, reached a total of 103,945 viewers – light-years of improvement from 2013’s reach of 26,500 – making the Philippines exactly in celebration of their 5th anniversary as host of the Science Film Festival the first country outside of the festival-initiator Thailand to break the 100,000 barrier. The Science Film Festival, promoting the theme “Future Technology”, took place in Goethe-Institut Philippinen the Philippines from November 4 to December 14 last year and kicked off with the G/4/5 F Adamson Centre opening film “Nine-and-a-half”: Life Without Plastics” (Germany). It was founded in 121 L. P. Leviste St., Salcedo Village Bangkok 10 years ago and aims to provide the younger generation access to 1227 Makati City, science to awaken their interest and encourage them to pursue a career in the Philippines T +63 2 840-5723 field of the sciences. International science films were shown in 14 countries from T +63 2 840-5724 Southeast Asia and the Middle East and the festival reached 580,079 viewers T +63 2 817-0978 F +63 2 817-0979 internationally. This number – a 30% leap from the 2013 figure – makes the www.goethe.de/philippinen Science Film Festival one of the biggest film festivals in the world in terms of [email protected] audience count. -
Economic and Social Council
UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Distr. Council GENERAL E/C.12/PHL/4 7 September 2007 Original: ENGLISH Substantive session of 2007 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Periodic reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant Combined second, third and fourth periodic reports of THE PHILIPPINES* ** *** [14 December 2006] * The initial report concerning rights covered by articles 6 to 9 of the Covenant (E/1978/8/Add.4), concerning rights covered by articles 10 to 12 of the Covenant (E/1986/3/Add.17), concerning rights covered by articles 13 to 15 of the Covenant (E/1988/5/Add.2) submitted by the Philippines were considered by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 18 April 1980, on 8 May 1995 and 15 January 1990 respectively. The second periodic report was due on 30 June 1995, the third on 30 June 2000 and the fourth on 30 June 2005 respectively and submitted as the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic reports on 14 December 2006. ** The information submitted by the Philippines in accordance with the guidelines concerning the initial part of reports of States parties is contained in the core document (HRI/CORE/1/Add.37). *** In accordance with the information transmitted to States parties regarding the processing of their reports, the present document was not edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services. GE.07-43948 (E) 061107 E/C.12/PHL/4 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 - 4 3 I. -
Annual Report 2018
ANNUAL REPORT 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Message 3 Organization at a Glance 4 Our Sites 5 Our Major Partners 6 Our Governance 7 Our Children and Youth 8 Our Management Team 9 Special Events 10 Strategic Plan 2018-2020 11 Resilient Children 12 Empowered Youth 15 Safe Families 20 Child-friendly Communities 22 Our Personnel 25 Our Professional 26 Development Our Special Visitors 27 Our Financial Donors 27 Our ‘In kind’ Donors 28 Outreach Activities 29 Our Networks 30 Our Volunteers 31 Get involved 32 2 Dear Friends, It is again my great privilege to share with you all the outstanding year Bahay Tuluyan has had and our progress towards achieving our dream of a world where every child’s rights are respected, protected and fulfilled. This report details our new strategic plan for 2018-2020, provides a snapshot as well as an in depth look at the projects we are working on and aims to inform you of our current advocacy causes, encouraging all of us to support and work together for a better world. As Bahay Tuluyan’s primary work is on the fulfillment of children’s rights, in this politically difficult times when human rights and human rights advocates in the Philippines are deemed the enemy of the state, the work of Bahay Tuluyan has never been more challenging and very important. We as advocates have been steadfast in our belief to carry the principles enshrined in our work. I want to sincerely thank all the children and youth who have inspired us to work with them and for them, to all the staff, board members and all the donors and funders who have been generously supporting the dreams and inspirations of BT. -
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Payload Development and Performance in Flight
Space Sci Rev (2012) 167:23–69 DOI 10.1007/s11214-011-9753-4 The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Payload Development and Performance in Flight Kimberly Ennico · Mark Shirley · Anthony Colaprete · Leonid Osetinsky Received: 8 October 2010 / Accepted: 25 January 2011 / Published online: 19 February 2011 © US Government 2011 Abstract The primary objective of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shad- owed region (PSR) at a lunar pole. LCROSS was classified as a NASA Class D mission. Its payload, the subject of this article, was designed, built, tested and operated to support a condensed schedule, risk tolerant mission approach, a new paradigm for NASA science missions. All nine science instruments, most of them ruggedized commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), successfully collected data during all in-flight calibration campaigns, and most im- portantly, during the final descent to the lunar surface on October 9, 2009, after 112 days in space. LCROSS demonstrated that COTS instruments and designs with simple interfaces, can provide high-quality science at low-cost and in short development time frames. Building upfront into the payload design, flexibility, redundancy where possible even with the science measurement approach, and large margins, played important roles for this new type of pay- load. The environmental and calibration approach adopted by the LCROSS team, compared to existing standard programs, is discussed. The description, capabilities, calibration and in- flight performance of each instrument are summarized. Finally, this paper goes into depth about specific areas where the instruments worked differently than expected and how the flexibility of the payload team, the knowledge of instrument priority and science trades, and proactive margin maintenance, led to a successful science measurement by the LCROSS payload’s instrument complement. -
The JPL Lunar Gravity Field to Spherical Harmonic Degree 660 from The
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS, VOL. 118, 1–20, doi:10.1002/jgre.20097, 2013 The JPL lunar gravity field to spherical harmonic degree 660 from the GRAIL Primary Mission Alex S. Konopliv,1 Ryan S. Park,1 Dah-Ning Yuan,1 Sami W. Asmar,1 Michael M. Watkins,1 James G. Williams,1 Eugene Fahnestock,1 Gerhard Kruizinga,1 Meegyeong Paik,1 Dmitry Strekalov,1 Nate Harvey,1 David E. Smith,2 and Maria T. Zuber 2 Received 1 March 2013; revised 13 May 2013; accepted 16 May 2013. [1] The lunar gravity field and topography provide a way to probe the interior structure of the Moon. Prior to the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, knowledge of the lunar gravity was limited mostly to the nearside of the Moon, since the farside was not directly observable from missions such as Lunar Prospector. The farside gravity was directly observed for the first time with the SELENE mission, but was limited to spherical harmonic degree n ≤ 70. The GRAIL Primary Mission, for which results are presented here, dramatically improves the gravity spectrum by up to ~4 orders of magnitude for the entire Moon and for more than 5 orders-of-magnitude over some spectral ranges by using interspacecraft measurements with near 0.03 μm/s accuracy. The resulting GL0660B (n = 660) solution has 98% global coherence with topography to n = 330, and has variable regional surface resolution between n = 371 (14.6 km) and n = 583 (9.3 km) because the gravity data were collected at different spacecraft altitudes. -
PHILCAMSAT and CMET Granted BMI Accreditation for 26 Courses
www.facebook.com/PTCHoldings 5/2018 Volume 14 Issue 4 PHILCAMSAT and CMET Granted BMI Accreditation for 26 Courses The Philippine Center for Advanced Maritime Simulation and Training, Inc. (PHILCAMSAT) and the Mapúa-PTC College of Maritime Education and Training (CMET) has further cemented their status as the country’s center for excellence in maritime education and training (MET) as they announce the accreditation of 26 of their programs and courses by the prestigious Belgian Maritime Inspectorate (BMI). PHILCAMSAT and CMET hold the distinction of being the only institutions in Asia to be recognized by the BMI which operates under the Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport agency of the Kingdom of Belgium. Having initially accredited four STCW courses in 2014, BMI has now granted certification to 8 training programs under CMET and 18 under PHILCAMSAT. With this development, PHILCAMSAT trainees and graduates of CMET are assured that their training is compliant with international standards and is duly recognized by European-flagged ships, thereby helping secure their employment on board these vessels. The BMI-accredited programs under CMET are as follows: 1. Training for officers in charge of a navigational watch on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more (A-II/1) 2. Training for ratings forming part of a navigational watch on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more (A-II/4) 3. Training for ratings as able seafarer deck 4. Training for Certification of GMDSS radio operators 5. Training for officers in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine room or as designated duty engineers in a periodically unmanned engine room (A-III/1) 6. -
Lunar Prospector's Mother Lode in This Issue
LUNAR NEWS No. 64 December 1999 In This Issue: Stepping Stones: The Lunar News Mission Statement 2 Preparing for the Phone Numbers 2 Future New Chief Scientist 2 see page 6 Curator's Comments 3 New Views of the Moon II 4 Lunar Meet the Staff! 5 Prospector's Mother Lode Astromaterials at JSC: Preparing for the Future 6 see page 13 New Educational Disks 7 "Not So Pristine" Samples Useful 14 Lunar Samples Curator Celebrates Apollo 11 15 How to Request Lunar Samples 16 Sample Request Deadline - Mar. 3, 2000 CAPTEM Meeting - Mar. 17-19, 2000 Lunar News 1 Lunar News Mission The purpose of "Lunar News" is to provide a newsletter forum for facts and opinions about lunar sample studies, lunar geoscience, and the significance of the Moon in solar system exploration. Editor's Notes "Lunar News" is published by the Planetary Missions and Materials Branch, Earth Science & Solar System Exploration Division, Johnson Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is sent free to all interested individuals. To be included on the mailing list, write to the address below. Please send to the same address any comments on "Lunar News" or suggestions for new articles. Planetary Missions and Materials Branch Phone Numbers New Lunar News Editor Chief Scientist Andrea Mosie ........................................................ (281) 483-5769 Carl B. Agee is the new Chief Newsletter Design and Production Scientist for Astromaterials and Lisa Prejean ........................................................... (281) 483-5125 Lunar Samples the Acting Astromaterials Gary Lofgren ......................................................... (281) 483-6187 Curator at NASA Johnson Space Messages and General Information Center (JSC). His major areas of Suzanne Summers ................................................ -
Sources of Extraterrestrial Rare Earth Elements: to the Moon and Beyond
resources Article Sources of Extraterrestrial Rare Earth Elements: To the Moon and Beyond Claire L. McLeod 1,* and Mark. P. S. Krekeler 2 1 Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Sciences, 203 Shideler Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA 2 Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, USA; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: 513-529-9662; Fax: 513-529-1542 Received: 10 June 2017; Accepted: 18 August 2017; Published: 23 August 2017 Abstract: The resource budget of Earth is limited. Rare-earth elements (REEs) are used across the world by society on a daily basis yet several of these elements have <2500 years of reserves left, based on current demand, mining operations, and technologies. With an increasing population, exploration of potential extraterrestrial REE resources is inevitable, with the Earth’s Moon being a logical first target. Following lunar differentiation at ~4.50–4.45 Ga, a late-stage (after ~99% solidification) residual liquid enriched in Potassium (K), Rare-earth elements (REE), and Phosphorus (P), (or “KREEP”) formed. Today, the KREEP-rich region underlies the Oceanus Procellarum and Imbrium Basin region on the lunar near-side (the Procellarum KREEP Terrain, PKT) and has been tentatively estimated at preserving 2.2 × 108 km3 of KREEP-rich lithologies. The majority of lunar samples (Apollo, Luna, or meteoritic samples) contain REE-bearing minerals as trace phases, e.g., apatite and/or merrillite, with merrillite potentially contributing up to 3% of the PKT. Other lunar REE-bearing lunar phases include monazite, yittrobetafite (up to 94,500 ppm yttrium), and tranquillityite (up to 4.6 wt % yttrium, up to 0.25 wt % neodymium), however, lunar sample REE abundances are low compared to terrestrial ores. -
(GRAIL) Mission Maria T. Zuber1*, David E. Smith1, M
Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission Maria T. Zuber1*, David E. Smith1, Michael M. Watkins2, Sami W. Asmar2, Alexander S. Konopliv2, Frank G. Lemoine3, H. Jay Melosh4, Gregory A. Neumann3, Roger J. Phillips5, Sean C. Solomon6,7, Mark A. Wieczorek8, James G. Williams2, Sander J. Goossens9, Gerhard Kruizinga2, Erwan Mazarico1, Ryan S. Park2 and Dah-Ning Yuan2 Submitted to: Science 12 October 2012 Spacecraft-to-spacecraft tracking observations from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) have been used to construct a gravitational field of the Moon to spherical harmonic degree and order 420. The GRAIL field reveals features not previously resolved, including tectonic structures, volcanic landforms, basin rings, crater central peaks, and numerous simple craters. From degrees 80 through 300, over 98% of the gravitational signature is associated with topography, which reflects the preservation of craters in highly fractured crust. The remaining 2% represents fine details of subsurface structure not previously resolved. Ghost craters in the maria are not abundant, consistent with underlying highland crust being significantly modified by dikes and intrusions. GRAIL elucidates the role of impact bombardment in homogenizing the distribution of shallow density anomalies on terrestrial planetary bodies. _____________ The Moon is a key to deciphering the evolutionary history of the terrestrial planets because it is the most accessible planetary body that preserves a surface record spanning most of solar system history. Reconstructing planetary evolution requires an understanding of the structure of the interior, which contains information on bulk composition, differentiation, and the nature of heat generation and heat loss that has influenced the style, extent, and duration of volcanism and tectonics.