Fourth Annual Workshop on Space Operations Applications and Research (SOAR 90)
The papers presented at the Space Operations, Applications and Research (SOAR) Symposium, hosted by the Air Force Space Technology Center and held at Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 26-28, 1990, are documented in these proceedings. Over 150 technical papers were presented at the Symposium, which was jointly sponsored by the Air Force and NASA Johnson Space Center. the technical areas included were: Automation and Robotics, Environmental Interactions, Human Factors, Intelligent Systems, and Life Sciences. NASA and Air Force programmatic overviews and panel sessions were also held in each technical area. These proceedings, along with the comments by technical area coordinators and session chairmen, will be used by the Space Operation Technology Subcommittee (SOTS) of the Air Force Systems Command and NASA Space Technology Interdependency Group (STIG) to assess the status of the technology, as well as the joint projects/activities in various technical areas. The Symposium proceedings include papers presented by experts from NASA, the Air Force, universities, and industries in various disciplines.