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Lunar Surface Data Book
This document provides a common reference set of existing lunar surface data, products, analytical assumptions, and representative use cases to be incorporated into Artemis surface mission planning efforts. This document pertains solely to the surface of the Moon and the ecosystem of data and products to be used to describe the lunar surface.
Tamra George↗
Lunar Surface Data Book
This document provides a common reference set of existing lunar surface data, products, analytical assumptions, and representative use cases to be incorporated into Artemis surface mission planning efforts. This document pertains solely to the surface of the Moon and the ecosystem of data and products to be used to describe the lunar surface.
Lora Dishongh↗
Space Communications: Theory and Applications. Volume 3: Information Processing and Advanced Techniques. A Bibliography, 1958 - 1963
Space Communications: Theory and Applications is a four-volume bibliography compiled by the Federal Systems Division, IBM under contract to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It contains an extensive listing of references to reports, articles, and books on several subjects directly pertinent to the field of space communications. The compilers have endeavored to provide maximum coverage of the literature for the period 1958 through 1963. However, references to publications of unusual significance that appeared before 1958, as well as a limited number of 1964 references, have also been included. The bibliography has been prepared primarily for use by communications specialists engaged in technical activities related to the aerospace program. Each of the four volumes is complete in its coverage of specific subjects and is being published separately.
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Enabling coordinated, distributed development of scientific software: A research agenda for adapting a team of teams approach
The “team of teams” concept is a strategy for coordinating activities within and across organizations, developed by General Stanley McChrystal and his colleagues based on their experiences leading the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq from 2003-2008. These experiences, and the lessons learned from them, are recounted in the books Team of Teams (McChrystal 2015) and One Mission (Fussell 2017) (the authors and contributors to these books will hereafter be jointly referred to as McChrystal et al.). Essentially, their story is one of rapidly adapting a rigid, siloed organization to defeat the flexible, resilient, and fast-moving network of Al Qaeda in Iraq. As described in the books, when McChrystal took over the Task Force, he found a collection of highly competent, efficient teams of analysts and warfighters which nonetheless had difficulty operating in a unified manner due to close internal ties, distrust of outsiders, bureaucratic stove pipes, and cultural differences stemming from the diverse organizations Task Force teams were affiliated with, including Army Special Forces, CIA, and NSA.
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Photovoltaic Generation Of Power By Utilities
Bibliography of recent documents on photovoltaic generation of electric power divided into two subject areas: (1) central-station systems and (2) residential and intermediate systems. Further divided into design options, performance modeling, construction experience, operating experience, economics and costs, and integration with utilities. Reports, papers, and books included. Bibliography lists 79 references.
Sugimura, Russell S.↗
Microgravity: a Teacher's Guide with Activities, Secondary Level
This NASA Educational Publication is a teacher's guide that focuses on microgravity for the secondary level student. The introduction answers the question 'What is microgravity?', as well as describing gravity and creating microgravity. Following the introduction is a microgravity primer which covers such topics as the fluid state, combustion science, materials science, biotechnology, as well as microgravity and space flight. Seven different activities are described in the activities section and are written by authors prominent in the field. The concluding sections of the book include a glossary, microgravity references, and NASA educational resources.
Vogt, Gregory L.↗
Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress & Future Goals
This award was intended to provide financial support for an international astrophysics conference on gravitational lensing which was held at Boston University from July 25 to July 30, 1999. Because of the nature of the award, no specific research was proposed, nor was any carried out. The participants at the conference presented results of their on-going research efforts, and written summaries of their presentations have been published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific as part of their conference series. The reference to the conference proceedings book is Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals, ASP Conference Series volume 237, eds. T. G. Brainerd and C. S. Kochanek (2001). The ISBN number of this book is 1-58381-074-9. The goal of the conference was to bring together both senior and junior investigators who were actively involved in all aspects of gravitational lensing research. This was the first conference in four years to address gravitational lensing from such a broad perspective (the previous such conference being IAU Symposium 173 held in Melbourne, Australia in July 1995). The conference was attended by 190 participants, who represented of order 70 different institutions and of order 15 different countries. The Scientific Organizing Committee members were Matthias Bartelmann (co-chair), Tereasa Brainerd (co-chair), Ian Browne, Richard Ellis, Nick Kaiser, Yannick Mellier, Sjur Refsdal, HansWalter Rix, Joachim Wambsganss, and Rachel Webster. The Local Organizing Committee members were Tereasa Brainerd (chair), Emilio Falco, Jacqueline Hewitt, Christopher Kochanek, and Irwin Shapiro. The oral sessions were organized around specific applications of gravitational lensing and included invited reviews, invited 'targeted talks', and contributed talks. The review speakers were Roger Blandford, Tereasa Brainerd, Gus Evrard, Nick Kaiser, Guinevere Kaufmann, Chris Kochanek, Charley Lineweaver, Gerry Luppino, Shude Mao, Paul Schechter, Peter Snhneider, amd Ed Turner. The 'targeted talk' speakers were Andy Boden, Ian Browne, Emilio Falco, Harry Ferguson, Bhuvnesh Jain, Christine Jones, Arlie Petters, Hans-Walter Rix, Penny Sackett, Prasenjit Saha, Virginia Trimble, and Joachim Wambsganss. Due to limited time, only 25% of the abstracts which were submitted for consideration as contributed talks could actually be accepted for the final program; those which were not selected as talks were presented as posters, and a special poster viewing session was held to allow participants to present their work. A copy of the complete Final Program of the conference is included in the following pages.
Brainerd, Tereasa↗
Guidelines and Capabilities for Designing Human Missions
The human element is likely the most complex and difficult one of mission design; it significantly influences every aspect of mission planning, from the basic parameters like duration to the more complex tradeoffs between mass, volume, power, risk, and cost. For engineers who rely on precise specifications in data books and other such technical references, dealing with the uncertainty and the variability of designing for human beings can be frustrating. When designing for the human element, questions arise more often than definitive answers. Nonetheless, we do not doubt that the most captivating discoveries in future space missions will necessitate human explorers. These guidelines and capabilities are meant to identify the points of intersection between humans and mission considerations such as architecture, vehicle design, technologies, operations, and science requirements. We seek to provide clear, top-level guidelines for human-related exploration studies and technology research that address common questions and requirements. As a result, we hope that ongoing mission trade studies consider common, standard, and practical criteria for human interfaces.
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Introduction to Digital Image Correlation (DIC) with annotated bibliography
Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is “a non-contact means of measuring motion and deformation using digital images of the object of interest”, capable of full-field measurements over large areas. Getting started in DIC can be difficult, since there are many different techniques, and the body of literature on DIC is extensive. IEEE Xplore alone lists nearly 11,000 references, including magazines, conference proceedings, journal articles, books, etc. A Google search returns around 145 million results. The intent of this annotated bibliography is to provide an entry point for beginners and to collect references that may be useful to more advanced practitioners.
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NASA, the first 25 years: 1958 - 1983
Because it is impossible to describe the 25 years of NASA's research and missions in detail, this book is designed to provide a reference base from which teachers can develop classroom concepts and activities. It begins with a prologue, a brief history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NASA's predecessor. Succeeding chapters are devoted to major NASA programs, in alphabetical order; within the chapters projects are listed chronologically. Each chapter concludes with ideas for the classroom and space for notes and new information the user may wish to add.
Dalelio, J.↗
Biomedical Results of the Space Shuttle Program
The Space Shuttle Program (SSP), which was triumphantly completed by the flight of STS-135 on July 21, 2011, holds a special place in the history of Human Space Exploration. For the first time, a vehicle was built that could perform multiple flights in space and return to Earth. Many important questions regarding the ability of humans to adapt and function in space have been answered during the 30 years since the SSP was launched and many lessons have been learned. The multidisciplinary studies conducted during this program allowed NASA to define the normal responses and potential pathologic changes of the major physiological systems to short-duration space flights. The program significantly contributed to the development of in-flight medical care capabilities and multiple countermeasures. A comprehensive system of preflight, in-flight, and post-flight monitoring of the astronauts was built. It is important to emphasize that the SSP was essential for building the International Space Station (ISS) that significantly expanded the boundaries of space research, allowing for planning of long-term near-terrestrial and extraterrestrial missions. As the program was coming to completion, a decision was made by the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Human Research Program senior management to summarize the medico-biological results of the SSP in one comprehensive edition. This was quite an ambitious goal. It required selection of a group of experts in different areas to become the chapters lead authors. These experts were charged with the task of reviewing what was learned in the consequent fields to make the chapters a comprehensive source of information for planning of research, operational activities, and medical care for future missions. We hope that we were able to accomplish this goal and the book will serve as a reliable reference edition for the international space biomedicine community, for new generation of space researchers and Flight Surgeons, as well as for all those interested in space exploration. As space exploration continues, the major question of whether humans are capable of adapting to long-term presence and adequately functioning in space habitats will remain open for a long time. we expect that the comprehensive review of the medico-biological results of the SSP along with the data collected during the missions on the space stations (the Russian space station _Mir_ and ISS) provides a good starting point in seeking the answer to this question.
Diana Risin↗
Data book for environmental testing and spacecraft evaluation, volume 1
Reference data for spacecraft environmental testing and evaluation
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Book Review: Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
This massive reference work (hereafter EAA) summarizes a great deal of what we knew in the astronomical sciences at the most recent Millennium. An associated website may keep much of it up-to-date for years to come. The contents are extensive indeed: the index alone consists of 76 pages, each with three columns of fine-type listings, and there are 'nearly 700 main articles'. The main articles are what make EAA worthwhile. They are generally by experts, who took much care in their preparation. The degree to which the articles are illustrated and referenced, however, seems to depend on the inclination of the individual author. On the other hand, articles on Saturn's rings and on its satellites are heavily illustrated, but with just two or three citations in each. The coverage of solar physics is especially thorough in EAA. There are numerous articles on major topics, notably in the physics and phenomena of the corona and the chromosphere, and some on more specialized areas, such as 'Polar Plumes' and 'Coronal Cavities.'
Maran, Stephen Paul↗
Space transfer concepts and analysis for exploration missions. Implementation plan and element description document. Volume 1: Major trades. Book 1: Draft final
This document presents trade studies and reference concept designs accomplished during a study of Space Transfer Concepts and Analyses for Exploration Missions (STCAEM). This volume contains the major top level trades, level 2 trades conducted in support of NASA's Lunar/Mars Exploration Program Office, and a synopsis of the vehicles for different propulsion systems under trade consideration. The vehicles are presented in more detail in other volumes of this report. Book 1 of Volume 1 covers the following analyses: lunar/Mars commonality trades, lunar/Mars mission operations, and Mars transfer systems.
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Chemical and Thermodynamic Properties at High Temperatures: A Symposium
This book contains the program and all available abstracts of the 90' invited and contributed papers to be presented at the TUPAC Symposium on Chemical and Thermodynamic Properties at High Temperatures. The Symposium will be held in conjunction with the XVIIIth IUPAC Congress, Montreal, August 6 - 12, 1961. It has been organized, by the Subcommissions on Condensed States and on Gaseous States of the Commission on High Temperatures and Refractories and by the Subcommission on Experimental Thermodynamics of the Commission on Chemical Thermodynamics, acting in conjunction with the Organizing Committee of the IUPAC Congress. All inquiries concerning participation In the Symposium should be directed to: Secretary, XVIIIth International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, National Research Council, Ottawa, 'Canada. Owing to the limited time and facilities available for the preparation and printing of the book, it has not been possible to refer the proofs of the abstracts to the authors for checking. Furthermore, it has not been possible to subject the manuscripts to a very thorough editorial examination. Some obvious errors in the manuscripts have been corrected; other errors undoubtedly have been introduced. Figures have been redrawn only when such a step was essential for reproduction purposes. Sincere apologies are offered to authors and readers for any errors which remain; however, in the circumstances neither the IUPAC Commissions who organized the Symposium, nor the U. S. Government Agencies who assisted in the preparation of this book can accept responsibility for the errors.
Walker, Raymond F.↗
Design/cost tradeoff studies. Appendix A. Supporting analyses and tradeoffs, book 2. Earth Observatory Satellite system definition study (EOS)
Attitude reference systems for use with the Earth Observatory Satellite (EOS) are described. The systems considered are fixed and gimbaled star trackers, star mappers, and digital sun sensors. Covariance analyses were performed to determine performance for the most promising candidate in low altitude and synchronous orbits. The performance of attitude estimators that employ gyroscopes which are periodically updated by a star sensor is established by a single axis covariance analysis. The other systems considered are: (1) the propulsion system design, (2) electric power and electrical integration, (3) thermal control, (4) ground data processing, and (5) the test plan and cost reduction aspects of observatory integration and test.
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Development and Use of Mark Sense Record Cards for Recording Medical Data on Pilots Subjected to Acceleration Stress
A TIME-HONORED system of recording medical histories and the data obtained on physical and laboratory examination has been that of writing the information on record sheets that go into a folder for each patient. In order to have information which would be more readily retrieved, 'a program was initiated in 1952 by the U. S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine in connection with their "Care of the Flyer" study to place this information on machine record cards. In 1958, a machine record card method was developed for recording medical data in connection with the astronaut selection program. Machine record cards were also developed by the Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory, Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania, for use in connection with a variety of tests including acceleration stress.1 Therefore, a variety of systems resulted in which data of a medical nature could easily be recalled. During the NASA, Ames Research Center centrifuge studies/'S the pilot subjects were interviewed after each centrifuge run, or series of runs, and subjective information was recorded in a log book by the usual history taking methods referred to above. After the methods Were reviewed, it' was recognized that a card system would be very useful in recording data from our pilots after they had been exposed to acceleration stress. Since the acceleration stress cards already developed did not meet our requirements, it was decided a different card was needed.
Smedal, Harald A.↗