"Solid fuel launch vehicles have a much lower specific impulse when compared to a liquid fuel vehicles. However solid rockets are commonly used as strap-on booster to the main engine. A liquid fuel engine can be throttled and restarted in flight.…"
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"Dr Sania Nishtar"
"This is a battle between Russia and NATO. Top NATO equipment has been provided to Ukraine, Ukraine only supplies the manpower, however advisers and special forces are there from UK and US. Russia can put Ukraine to stone age anytime by bombing all…"
"What the hell is this? A sitting duck with a WWII design profile. "
"First flight of #India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (#SSLV) ends in failure. SSLV is India’s answer to the burgeoning small #satellite launch market, standing at 111-feet tall and capable of lifting up to 500 kilograms to low Earth…"
"There is no questions that the components of military are the most organized in the country. However, the affairs of the population must always be run by their elected civilian leaders. But the people of Pakistan have no good choices but to…"
"It will be several years before China (and even Russia) can produce a reliable, good life span stealthy, powerful and quick turn around aircraft engine. Russia Su-57 is struggling with engine problems, the aircraft is under powered…"
"Pakistan Air Force now has the central role in defense of Pakistan. Mission Planning, Machine Learning, Sensor Fusion, Data Links and Cognitive Learning in Full Spectrum all converge to provide an effective Electronic Warfare. Pakistan needs a large…"
Profile Information
- Where do you live?
- Irvine, CA
- Your real name? (No pseudonyms, please)
- Ameer Alam
- Any fellow Pakistani Alumni living near you?
- Yes
- Your graduation date?
- May 1973
- Your major?
- Mechanical Engineering
- What do you do for a living?
- Employee of Boeing Co
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Iqbal and Love of Prophet Mohammad (Salae Allah Aleha Wsalam)
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:00pm
Join the NED Alumni Convention, July 18, 2009 at Anaheim, CA
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http://www.nedaasc.org/Convention2009.aspx
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Posted on June 30, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment
The Emerging Iranian Space Program
The Satellite Launch
"Dear Iranians, your children have put the first indigenous satellite into orbit," said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a television address. "With this launch the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially achieved a presence in space." In the face of world opposition and sanctions, Iran has joined a very exclusive club of those countries that have managed to orbit a satellite using their own launch vehicle. On Feb 2, 2009 around 1835 UTC Iran… Continue
"Dear Iranians, your children have put the first indigenous satellite into orbit," said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a television address. "With this launch the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially achieved a presence in space." In the face of world opposition and sanctions, Iran has joined a very exclusive club of those countries that have managed to orbit a satellite using their own launch vehicle. On Feb 2, 2009 around 1835 UTC Iran… Continue
Posted on April 12, 2009 at 3:00pm
Indian Space Probe - Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 - A great leap forward
The successful launch and lunar operations of the first Indian unmanned moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is a remarkable milestone of Indian science. It was the 68th of the lunar missions that began with the Soviet Luna 1 launch on 02 January 1959. The total cost of the mission is approximately $83 million. On landing an impact probe on the moon surface from a lunar orbiting spacecraft India joins the elite club of space fairing nations that… Continue
The successful launch and lunar operations of the first Indian unmanned moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is a remarkable milestone of Indian science. It was the 68th of the lunar missions that began with the Soviet Luna 1 launch on 02 January 1959. The total cost of the mission is approximately $83 million. On landing an impact probe on the moon surface from a lunar orbiting spacecraft India joins the elite club of space fairing nations that… Continue
Posted on December 3, 2008 at 10:00am — 10 Comments
Presidential Address by Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Muslim League Lahore 1940
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[[1]] We are meeting today in our session after fifteen months. The last session of the All-India Muslim League took place at Patna in December 1938. Since then many developments have taken place. I shall first shortly tell you what the All-India Muslim League had to face after the Patna session of 1938. You remember that one of the tasks, which was imposed on us and which is far from completed yet, was to… Continue
Posted on March 22, 2008 at 4:30pm
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 11:17pm on January 15, 2008,
Riaz Haq said…
- Ameer Bhai,
You've posted really good photos.
How about uploading your own picture for the profile?
Riaz
- At 12:38pm on January 17, 2008,
- Ameer Bhai,
How about your own good-looking photo?
Riaz
- At 5:57pm on September 6, 2009,
- Ameer Bhai,
Excellent commentary on Indian lunar probe.
Can I publish it on my blog under your name, indicating your affiliation with Boeing?
My website is www.riazhaq.com
- At 9:01pm on September 8, 2009,
- Thank you, Ameer Bhai
- At 7:52pm on April 23, 2010,
- Ameer Bhai,
Have you written anything on India's cryogenic engine failure?
- At 2:02pm on April 26, 2010,
- I have heard that the cryo engine was a copy of the Russian engine Indians have used in the past. There was probably a copy error that caused failure.
- At 9:44am on June 21, 2010,
Ameer Alam said…
- NED Professor Anwar Chowdary of Mechanical Engineering and former president of International Boxing Association passed away on Saturday June 19, 2010. He was 87 years old. He was my first year instructor for Engineering Drawing.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un: Surah Al Baqara Verse 156
(Verily we belong to God, and to God we return)
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