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Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (Omv) Missions Applications And Systems Requirements, William G. Huber, David C. Cramblit

Space Congress® Proceedings

The routine delivery of large payloads to low earth orbit has become a reality with the Space Transportation System (STS). However, once earth orbit has been achieved, orbit transfer operations represent an inefficient use of the Space Shuttle. The Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) will add a new and needed dimension to STS capabilities. Utilized in a reusable manner, the OMV is needed to deliver and retrieve satellites to and from orbital altitudes or inclinations beyond the practical limits of the Space Shuttle and to support basic Space Station activities. The initial OMV must also be designed to permit the addition …

Sts Flight Experiments Database, Lott W. Brantley

Space Congress® Proceedings

In response to a request of the Space Station Task Force, a data base has been developed, utilizing experiment definitions from all NASA Centers, with emphasis on candidate STS flight experiments that relate to the development and operation of initial and growth versions of a Space Station. Experiments are also included for Shuttle enhancement, for servicing and operations of advanced vehicles such as OMV and OTV, for generic technology such as large structures, control and pointing, heat rejection, for life sciences and for physical sciences and applications. Criteria for selection activity are defined.

Lox Expert System, Ethan A. Scarl, Carl I. Delaune

Space Congress® Proceedings

The LOX Expert System is a computer program which uses artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to diagnose instrumentation problems in the shuttle liquid oxygen fueling system. The KNOBS knowledge-based system is being modified for application to this problem. System functionality and fault isolation methods are described.

Advanced Space Transportation System Ground Operations Study, Clement D. Diloreto

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper presents partial results of a ground operations study for a series of Shuttle Derived Vehicles (SDV's). The paper covers hardware and operational impacts for Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) resulting from processing any one of three different SDV configurations while maintaining Space Transportation System (STS) operations.

The SDV configurations were assembled from Shuttle-type hardware (e.g., Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's), External Tanks (ET's), Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME's) and Orbiter subsystems). One configuration incorporates a side mounted payload carrier/ propulsion module similar to the Orbiter on STS. A second configuration incorporates an inline payload …

Space Systems Computer Aided Design Technology, L. B. Garrett

Space Congress® Proceedings

Capabilities and advantages of a systemsoriented interactive computer-aided design and analysis system are presented. A single user at an interactive terminal can create, design, analyze, and conduct parametric studies of Earth-orbiting spacecraft such as space station, large antenna and technologically advanced Earth-orbiting spacecraft. The approach is particularly useful in the conceptual design phase where various missions and spacecraft options are to be evaluated in a timely, cost-effective manner.

The Interactive Design and Evaluation of Advanced Spacecraft (IDEAS) system consists of an integrated system of about 40 multidiscipline technical applications programs; efficient executive, data base, and file management software, and extensive …

Nasa Image Processing Technology Applied To Medicine: Ten Unsolved Problems In Medical Imaging, Michael W. Vannier, Ronald G. Evans

Space Congress® Proceedings

The solutions to current diagnostic imaging problems will be found, at least in part, in digital image processing technology developed by NASA. The adaptation of appropriate technology that can be applied clinically to improve the care of patients is a major concern of radiologists.

We have considered ten problems with clinical significance in diagnostic medical imaging, and discuss the impact of NASA image processing technology presently and predict future developments in this area.

Shuttle Derived Space Transportation The Next Step Beyond Sts, J. R. Tewell, Samuel P. Bonson

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper describes future space transportation launch vehicles presently under study by the NASA and DOD. The program activities of several recent and ongoing contracts have been merged to show insight into the present status and future plans for the United States space transportation system. Major emphasis is placed on a shuttle derived launch vehicle concept. This concept, using fully developed and tested space shuttle system hardware, allows early implementation of a low cost, low risk launch systems.

Growth shuttle derived configurations, utilizing a "building block" concept to allow efficient optimization of a broad spectrum of performance capabilities, are also …

Meteorological Interactive Data Display System (Mid, John W. Oliver, John E. Erickson

Space Congress® Proceedings

A project has been implemented to fabricate, deliver, and install a Meteorological Interactive Data Display System (MIDDS) at the United States Air Force's (USAF) Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility (CCFF), Cape Canaveral AFS (CCAFS), Florida. The MIDDS system will ingest special mesoscale meteorological data sources; merge them together into a gridded data base composed of satellite, radar, and conventional meteorological observations; integrate the data into forms where they can be displayed alone or in conjunction with correlative data; and then display the required meteorological information quickly and easily for use by the CCFF forecasters. The MIDDS, a joint NASA and AF …

Capture Of Uncontrolled Satellites: A Flight Demonstration, Herbert M. Lenox

Space Congress® Proceedings

NASA is presently exploring concepts , systems, and devices for capturing uncontrolled or non-operational satellites. Understanding of this type capture involves development of requirements and options, analyses of approaches, and extensive ground simulations. The verification of an approach is expected to require flight demonstrations of the concepts and hardware to assure confidence in application. This paper addresses a flight demonstration involving the Shuttle, an Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) , a capture mechanism, and a target vehicle capable of providing characteristic motion. A mission scenario is projected which demonstrates a capture concept, mission sequencing, capture vehicle potential, and overall capture possibilities …

An Evolutionary Geo Transportation System, Gideon Markus

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper presents the results of an analysis of alternative transportation scenarios for geosynchronous missions, leading to the Identification and evaluation of an evolutionary geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) transportation system.

The concept 1s evolutionary 1n that 1t can be Initiated from an early capability space station by using expendable transfer stages (e.g., RAM) and grows Into a fully reusable orbit transfer vehicle to accommodate future mission requirements and growing space station capabilities.

The analysis demonstrates several advantages for this concept Including:

1. A transportation cost savings of at least $3.3 billion over a 10-year period.

2. An evolutionary capability that …

Deltas Legacies In Launch Cost Reduction, Phillip W. Payne

Space Congress® Proceedings

Delta launches nave had a high success ratio. One factor has oeen successful field processing. Review of hard experience and study of critical costs, produced a test philosophy which led to development of improved methods and equipment. This test philosophy saw several virtues in the minimization of human access to flight hardware, both in and out of test.

Planning and precision were the adopted characteristics of "people performance." Automation and mechanization of test exercises and of data-taking were implemented by launch site concepting, designing, and fabricating special test equipments. These are illustrated and discussed.

The success of these methods and …

Mars - Pathway To The Stars, Joseph A. Angelo, David Buden

Space Congress® Proceedings

Mars has and will continue to play a key role in our exploration and conquest of the Solar System. Within the context of the creation of humanity's extraterrestrial civilization, the major technical features of the following Mars programs are reviewed: the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter; the Mars Aeronomy Orbiter; the Mars airplane; the Mars Penetrator Network; Mars surface rovers and mobility systems; human exploration of Mars; and permanent Martian bases and settlements. Mars properly explored and utilized opens the way to the resources of the asteroid belt and the outer planets; supports the creation of smart machines for space exploration and …

Magnetic Refrigeration: The Promise And The Problems, J. A. Barclay

Space Congress® Proceedings

Magnetic refrigeration uses the temperatureand field-dependence of the entropy of some magnetic materials to accomplish cooling. Because of the intrinsically high efficiency of the magnetization and demagnetization process and because of the potential for excellent heat transfer between solids and fluids, magnetic refrigerators promise to have higher efficiency than existing gascycle refrigerators. Many ground-based and space-based applications could benefit significantly from the cost savings implied by higher efficiency. Other attributes of these devices are high reliability and low volume and mass per unit cooling power. The development of these refrigerators is underway at several places around the world, including the …

Space Development: The Strategic Implications, James H. Sloan

Space Congress® Proceedings

Space Based Industries will be stimulated by the development of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). The BMD will require a space logistics capability far in excess of what the Space Shuttle can provide. This increased logistics base will aid Space Based Industries to grow by providing low cost work areas, transportation, and raw supplies. In return these industries will develop manufacturing in space. This will lead to using off-earth resources, the moon and the asteroids, and eventually to the building of self-sufficient space settlements. These space settlements will in turn be of significant military importance.

This paper consists of my …

Memo - Purdue System Of Faculty Evaluation, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Memo to senators from E.M. Howe chair of Professional Responsibilities & Concerns committee regarding the Purdue system of faculty evaluation.

Newsletter Vol. Vii, No. 8, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Absentee Senators to be Told to Walk
• Faculty Salary Study
• Political Activities
• Evaluation of the Administrative Evaluation
• Constitutional Amendment Adopted
• Weigel Relieved
• Governor Supported
• Graduation Committee Appointed
• Senate Elections
• Busch, Edgar. Memo to Davis re: Teaching Conference
• Salaries of Public School Teachers in Georgia
• Announcement

Faculty Salary Survey, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

All Full Time Ranked Personnel by Salary within Rank within Department, Spring 1984

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding elections, on campus pub, awards and scholarships.

Faculty Salary Survey, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

All Ranked Personnel by High to Low Salary Within Rank, Spring 1984

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss advanced registration, on campus pub, banquet, Western Affair and Hank Williams, Jr. concert.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss election results, salary study and constitutional amendment regarding elections.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss football team, voter registration, banquet, elections and constitutional revisions.

The Use Of A Crack Relief Layer To Reduce Reflective Cracking On Arkansas Highways, Norman D. Pumphrey

Purdue Road School

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Front Matter, Purdue Road School

Purdue Road School

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Front Cover, Purdue Road School

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Preface, Purdue Road School

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Breaking-Seating And Bituminous Concrete Overlays Of Existing Portland Cement Concrete Pavements, E B. Drake

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Pothole Repair In Pennsylvania, David A. Anderson, H Randolph Thomas

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Decreasing Liability With A Sound Grade Crossing Improvement Program, Eugene R. Russell

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Chemical Mowing Becomes Reality, D James Morre

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.