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David A Spencer

Mission System Manager, Mars Sample Return, Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Verified email at purdue.edu
Cited by 2001

2001 Mars Odyssey mission summary

RS Saunders, RE Arvidson, GD Badhwar… - Space Science …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, now in orbit at Mars, will observe the Martian
surface at infrared and visible wavelengths to determine surface mineralogy and …

COVID‐19 and the uncertain future of HRM: Furlough, job retention and reform

M Stuart, DA Spencer, CJ McLachlan… - Human Resource …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The article argues that job retention should be a central aim and practice of human resource
management (HRM). Set against the global COVID‐19 crisis, theoretical insights are drawn …

Necrotising pneumonia in children

DA Spencer, MF Thomas - Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Necrotising pneumonia remains an uncommon complication of pneumonia in children but its
incidence is increasing. Pneumococcal infection is the predominant cause in children but …

The need to redefine non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in childhood

KM Eastham, AJ Fall, L Mitchell, DA Spencer - Thorax, 2004 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis has previously been reported to be rare
and progressive in children living in western societies. Method: A clinical and radiological …

Fear and hope in an age of mass automation: debating the future of work

DA Spencer - New Technology, Work and Employment, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alternative perspectives from economics and political economy now agree that work is set to
disappear through the impact of mass automation. Some worry about the negative effects on …

Eocene age of eclogite metamorphism in Pakistan Himalaya: Implications for India‐Eurasia collision

S Tonarini, IM Villa, F Oberli, M Meier, DA Spencer… - Terra …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A geochronological investigation of two rocks with an eclogitic assemblage
(omphacite‐garnet‐quartz‐rutile) from the High Himalaya using the Sm/Nd, Rb/Sr, U/Pb and …

Clinical features, aetiology and outcome of empyema in children in the north east of England

KM Eastham, R Freeman, AM Kearns, G Eltringham… - Thorax, 2004 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: The incidence of empyema in children in the UK is increasing. The reason for
this is unclear. A prospective study was undertaken to investigate the clinical features …

Not all that it might seem: why job satisfaction is worth studying despite it being a poor summary measure of job quality

A Brown, A Charlwood… - Work, employment and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Interest in data on job satisfaction is increasing in both academic and policy circles. One
common way of interpreting these data is to see a positive association between job …

Braverman and the contribution of labour process analysis to the critique of capitalist production–twenty-five years on

DA Spencer - Work, employment and society, 2000 - cambridge.org
This paper seeks to reassess the contributions made by Braverman and subsequent labour
process writers to the critique of capitalist production. Braverman's main motivation lay with …

Mars Pathfinder entry, descent, and landing reconstruction

DA Spencer, RC Blanchard, RD Braun… - Journal of spacecraft …, 1999 - arc.aiaa.org
M= mean molecular weight, kg/kmol m= entry vehicle mass, kg p= ambient pressure, N/m2
R= universal gas constant, J/(kmol-K) S= entry vehicle frontal area, m2 T= temperature, KV …