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Hooper, V. W.

Publications and source records attributed to Hooper, V. W..

5 records

NASA NTRS1976

Payload/orbiter contamination control requirement study: Computer interface

A preliminary assessment of the computer interface requirements of the Spacelab configuration contamination computer model was conducted to determine the compatibility of the program, as presently formatted, with the computer facilities at MSFC. The necessary Spacelab model modifications are pointed out. The MSFC computer facilities and their future plans are described, and characteristics of the various computers as to availability and suitability for processing the contamination program are discussed. A listing of the CDC 6000 series and UNIVAC 1108 characteristics is presented so that programming requirements can be compared directly and differences noted.

Bareiss, L. E.↗

NASA NTRS1976

Payload/orbiter contamination control requirement study: Preliminary contamination mission support plan

Progress is reported on the mission support plan and those support activities envisioned to be applicable and necessary during premission and postmission phases of the Spacelab program. The purpose, role, and requirements of the contamination control operations for the first two missions of the Spacelab equipped Space Transportation System are discussed. The organization of the contamination control operation and its relationship to and interfaces with other mission support functions is also discussed. Some specific areas of contamination to be investigated are treated. They are: (1) windows and viewports, (2) experiment equipment, (3) thermal control surfaces, (4) the contaminant induced atmosphere (as differentiated from the normal ambient atmosphere at the orbit altitude), and (5) optical navigation instruments.

Bareiss, L. E.↗

NASA NTRS1976

Payload/orbiter contamination control requirement study: Computer interface

The MSFC computer facilities, and future plans for them are described relative to characteristics of the various computers as to availability and suitability for processing the contamination program. A listing of the CDC 6000 series and UNIVAC 1108 characteristics is presented so that programming requirements can be compared directly and differences noted.

Bareiss, L. E.↗

NASA NTRS1974

Payload/orbiter contamination control requirement study, volume 1, exhibit A

This study is to identify and quantify the expected molecular and particulate on orbit contaminant environment for selected shuttle payloads as a result of major spacelab and shuttle orbiter contaminant sources. This investigation reviews individual payload susceptibilities to contamination, identifies the combined induced environment, identifies the risk of spacelab/payload critical surface(s) degradation, and provides preliminary contamination recommendations. It also establishes limiting factors which may depend upon operational activities associated with the payloads, spacelab, and the shuttle orbiter interface or upon independent payload functional activities.

Bareiss, L. E.↗

NASA NTRS1974

Payload/orbiter contamination control requirement study, volume 2, exhibit A

The computer printout data generated during the Payload/Orbiter Contamination Control Requirement Study are presented. The computer listings of the input surface data matrices, the viewfactor data matrices, and the geometric relationship data matrices for the three orbiter/spacelab configurations analyzed in this study are given. These configurations have been broken up into the geometrical surfaces and nodes necessary to define the principal critical surfaces whether they are contaminant sources, experimental surfaces, or operational surfaces. A numbering scheme was established based upon nodal numbers that relates the various spacelab surfaces to a specific surface material or function. This numbering system was developed for the spacelab configurations such that future extension to a surface mapping capability could be developed as required.

Bareiss, L. E.↗