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Engineering science in space - Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, October-November 1967
Saturn 5/Apollo and beyond - AAS Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, June 1967, Volume 1
Saturn 5/Apollo and beyond - Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, June 1967, Volume 2
Saturn 5/Apollo and beyond - Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, June 1967
Saturn 5/Apollo and beyond - Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, June 1967, Volume 4
Aerospace nuclear applications - Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, April 1970
To extend the compatibility evaluation of candidate materials in oxygen, a high-pressure oxygen impact tester has been designed, developed, and installed at NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, Alabama. The tester has an operating range from ambient to 69,000 newton/sq m (10,000 psig) pressures and from the normal boiling point of liquid oxygen to 394 K (121 C) temperatures. The tester was designed to deliver 97.63 joules (72 ft-lb) of impact energy; however, variable height and weight can be achieved for threshold analysis. The system is completely remote and highly automated to furnish safe, reliable operation. High-frequency, fast-response instrumentation capabilities are provided to ensure maximum information output with the hope of minimizing the number of tests required for material acceptance.
Information is given on the conduct of a summer teacher workshop designed to strengthen a weakened public interest in the benefits of space programs to various aspects of life. The workshop is part of an educational program for teachers based on the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center industrial facilities and displays at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center.
The planning, administration, description, and evaluation of the MSFC/Auburn U/U of Alabama research program are briefly outlined. Abstracts of fellows' research activities are included.
Proceedings of conference on benefits of space exploration conducted at Huntsville, Alabama Nov. 1971
Information on the conducting of a teacher workshop is presented. This educational pilot project updated instruction material, used improved teaching techniques, and increased student motivation. The NASA/MSFC industrial facilities, and the displays at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center (ASRC) were key elements of the program, including a permanent exhibit, at the latter, on selected benefits accruing from the space program.
Smoke plume data were taken using the stacks of the Mills Road Steam Plant on Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. The fan-beam unit was placed approximately 235 meters east of the Mills Road Steam Plant, and the single-beam unit was placed approximately 80 meters north of the fan-beam unit. Results of the smoke plume measurements indicate that the smoke plume is a periodic process near the mouth of the smokestack. The usefulness of the system is limited because of inaccurate and cumbersome positioning methods and base line constraints due to cable length. It is recommended that the radiometers be mounted on pedestals which have both azimuth and elevation positions determined by digitally controlled stepper drive motors. It is also recommended that a time multiplex system be used to transmit data from the radiometers to the electronics van.
The author has identified the following significant results. Data from low altitude flights and ground truth observations confirm the existence of significant strip mining activity at the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee Test Site. A map (1:120,000) depicting landscape changes associated with strip mining on the Cumberland Plateau has been completed. The map was prepared from NASA generated RB-57 imagery for April 1972 and ERTS imagery for October 1972. A second map shows the generalized forest cover for the state of Tennessee. The data were derived entirely from five ERTS-1 images and reduced to an original map scale of 1:2.4 million. The most significant discovery concerns the detection, identification, and mapping of plowed fields in northern Alabama, northern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. In an April ERTS observation, plowed ground and bare soil surfaces were easily detected and mapped from MSS Band 5.
Experimental vibration studies performed on a number of flight control moment gyros and bearing life test fixtures are summarized. Tests were performed at MSFC, at Wyle Laboratories, Huntsville, Alabama, and at the Bendix Corporation facilities in Teterboro, New Jersey. A description of test and analysis equipment is included as well as test procedures and overall performance rankings. Advanced ultrasonic rolling element bearing fault detection techniques were applied for bearing analysis along with conventional vibration and sound analysis procedures.
The author has identified the following significant results. The analysis of strip mining from ERTS-1 data has resulted in the mapping of landscape changes for the Cumberland Plateau Test Site. Several mapping experiments utilizing ERTS-1 data have been established for the mapping of state-wide land use regions. The first incorporates 12 frames of ERTS-1 imagery for the generalized thematic mapping of forest cover for the state of Tennessee. In another mapping effort, 14 ERTS-1 images have been analyzed for plowed ground signatures to produce a map of agricultural regions for Tennessee, Kentucky, and the northern portions of Mississippi and Alabama. Generalized urban land use categories and transportation networks have been determined from ERTS-1 imagery for the Knoxville Test Site. Finally, through the analysis of ERTS-1 imagery, short-lived phenomena such as the 1973 spring floods on the Mississippi River in western Tennessee, have been detected, monitored, and mapped.
The S-027 X-Ray Astronomy Experiment originally proposed in early 1966, was developed to detect X-rays in the 2 keV to 10 keV range. Both a prototype unit and flight unit were constructed with the prototype unit also serving as the engineering model, the qualification test unit, and after refurbishment, as the back-up flight unit. Two Ground Support Equipment consoles were built to verify the experiment operation. A photograph of one experiment package with its Ground Support Equipment is shown. The S-027 experiment was scheduled for launch in 1968/69 and although both units were completed and tested to the extent that either would be ready for the scheduled launch, delays in the space program resulted in a launch date slip of several years. When the 1968/69 launch delay became official, provisions were made for storage of the two experiment packages at SCI Electronics in Huntsville, Alabama until a new launch date could be established.
Efforts to demonstrate the engineering feasibility of utilizing solar power for residential heating and cooling are described. These efforts were concentrated on the analysis, design, and test of a full-scale demonstration system which is currently under construction at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The basic solar heating and cooling system under development utilizes a flat plate solar energy collector, a large water tank for thermal energy storage, heat exchangers for space heating and water heating, and an absorption cycle air conditioner for space cooling.
This study was initiated in July 1972 to determine the reliability of satellite and high altitude sensors to provide data about oceanographic parameters in coastal waters; demonstrate the use of remotely sensed oceanographic information to predict the distribution and abundance of adult menhaden; and, demonstrate the potential of using satellite acquired information for improving the harvest and management of a fishery resource. The study focused on coastal are as in the north central portion of the Gulf of Mexico including parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The area used in the final analysis was limited to the Mississippi Sound, which is approximately 145 kilometers (90 miles) long and 16 kilometers (10 miles) wide, has an average water depth of about 3.7 meters (12 feet), and in general characterizes an estuarine environment.