Space Weather Lessons from a 1928 Dirigible Debacle

Maturity Structure of a Hedge Matters: Lessons from the Metallgesellschaft Debacle

Lessons from the Vioxx Debacle: What the Privatization of Science Can Teach Us About Social Epistemology

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Forecasting Space Weather

Forecasting space weather events presents the ultimate challenge to a space physics model. Not only should physical constraints be satisfied, but also practical issues such as timeliness, accuracy, and reliability must be adequately addressed. To address these needs, modern space weather forecasters and users rely on a great variety of space weather models, ranging from simple regressions and e...

Inserting Space Weather into a Virtual Space Environment

The Virtual SpacePlane (VSP) is a realistic prototype of the Manned SpacePlane (MSP) and simulates a number of the MSP missions in a realistic manner. To increase the realism of the space environment and space mission planning, we inserted a portrayal of space weather into the VSP’s virtual environment. In this paper we present background on the VSP project, space weather, and describe the requ...

Cannabis legal debacle.

May 2011, Vol. 101, No. 5 SAMJ Cannabis legal debacle To the Editor: The editorial in the SAMJ1 questioning whether it is time to decriminalise drugs refers. The Central Drug Authority (CDA) produced the South African Position Paper on Cannabis in 2004; however, the document was never made public or released.2 The Position Paper builds a case for prohibition on a ‘public health’ basis and osten...