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Article - Faculty At Regional Universities Upset At Budget News, Richard Wilson, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Wilson, Richard. "Faculty at Regional Universities Upset by Budget News," Courier-Journal, April 10, 1980.

Resolution 79-23 - Withdrawal Periods & Deficiency Reports, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to change withdrawal policies and reporting.

Resolution 79-22 - Candidate Expenditures, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution regarding Associated Student Government election campaign budgets.

Memoranda, Donald Zacharias

Board of Regents Documents

April 8, 1980 memo from Donald Zacharias to James Davis, Harry Largen & John Minton re: Salary and Compensation Plan, 1980-81.

April 9, 1980 memo from Donald Zacharias to WKU Regents re: 1980-81 Operating Budget.

Memo - Faculty Ombudsman, Donald Zacharias, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Memo from WKU president Donald Zacharias to senate chair Tom Jones regarding the position of faculty ombudsman.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding Faculty Senate budget, spring calendar, COSFL committees, academic freedom and budget cuts.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding the president's advisory committee.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding director of development search committee, insurance and year end reports.

Memo - Budget, Others, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Memo regarding state budget and other state service.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding unexpired terms, inclusion of committee chairs on Executive Committee, promotion policy, budget, newsletter, administrative evaluations and ombudsman.

Satellite Temperature Monitoring And Prediction System, U. R. Barnett, J. D. Martsolf, Frederick L. Crosby

Space Congress® Proceedings

This system used data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) to derive and display surface temperature distributions throughout peninsular Florida on cold nights. These distributions, in conjunction with ground meteorological data, provide inputs to mathematical models which predict temperature distributions up to 10 hours in advance. This system is being developed by scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) in cooperation with and sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC) supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS). The system has been …

German Near Term Spacelab-Utilization - Activities With Special Emphasis On The Mission D-1 (Technology Lab), Helmut Bruecker

Space Congress® Proceedings

The Spacelab mission project D1 is the most ambitious and most important effort in the present German STS utilization program. Primarily intended for "microgravity research" in the fields of material sciences and life sciences,the D1 project serves to prove the STS capabilities, and to develop and introduce cost-decreasing principles/ methods and tools in exploitation of space by means of Shuttle and Spacelab. Based on the needs of the user community, the payload has been defined following the "payload element approach" . Main technical problems result from the marginal use of STS resources. For D1 it is intented to have the …

A Review Of The Canadian Space Program, J. D. Macnaughton

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper reviews the history of Canadian activities in space from the early Alouette I satellite to Canada's present involvement in the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) program. The SRMS program is being executed by Spar Aerospace Limited* through, an international agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC).

As the first flight SRMS reaches completion at Spar, the program is reviewed. The SRMS is described in terms of its subsystems, its of control and performance requirements and the current status of the hardware is examined. Delivery to NASA JSC …

The Canaveral Project, James A. Ralph

Space Congress® Proceedings

The Canaveral Council of Technical Societies (CCTS) is sponsoring a "Get Away Special" project in NASA's Small Self-Contained Payload Program. Trans World Airlines Services, Inc., is providing funds for leasing space aboard the Shuttle, some two and one-half cubic feet, which will be made available to the winner of a two-state competition. High School and College students form Florida and Georgia will be offered the opportunity to propose scientific experiments to fly in the space reserved. A panel of judges from the Academic and Space Communities will select the winning entry.

The paper will briefly describe the "Get Away Special" …

Status Of The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, William P. Horton

Space Congress® Proceedings

Two Solid Rocket Boosters provide the primary first stage thrust for the Space Shuttle. These Boosters, the largest and most powerful solid rocket vehicles to meet established manrated design criteria, are unique in that they are also designed to be recovered, refurbished, and reused.

The first SRB f s have been stacked on the Mobile Launch Platform at the Kennedy Space Center and are ready to be mated with the External Tank and Orbiter in preparation for the first Shuttle flight.

This readiness is built upon a design within the state-of-the-art and, to the maximum extent practicable, within the state-ofexperience. …

Space Shuttle Cargo Processing At The Kennedy Space Center, William H. Rock

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This paper will discuss the various activities involved in processing the two basic types of cargo being prepared for launch by the Space Transportation System. An overview will be presented describing the independent processing systems used to ready the Space!abs and other horizontal cargo as well as upper stages and other vertical cargo. The interrelationship of these two types of preparations with the main line Space Shuttle test and checkout operations will be shown.

In the explanation of each process, the ground support equipment and facilities of the Kennedy Space Center will also be described.

Real-Time Hyperbolic System For Detection And Location Of Thunderstorms, Horst A. Poehler

Space Congress® Proceedings

The design and performance characteristics of a real-time, time-of-arrival lightning detection and ranging system (LDAR) are presented. To illustrate the Systems' capabilities, comparisons of LDAR data with thunderstorm data taken by weather radar, with groundstrike location, and with airborne electric field strength, air turbulence, updraft/downdrafts, and satellite IR photos of thunderstorms are presented.

Space Platforms: An Evolution From Space;Ab Payload Operations, James O. Ballance

Space Congress® Proceedings

The Shuttle/Spacelab mode of orbital operations will provide the user community significant new capabilities to accomplish their missions in space. As these capabilities are utilized, it is readily recognized that, if some of the available resources were augmented, considerable extra benefits to the user could be provided. This paper reports on the planning efforts in progress which are examining the evolution of the present Spacelab mode of operation into an optimal utilization of the newly developing augmentation systems.

The initial Spacelab activities are projected into the second half of the 1980 decade when these new systems will become available. Descriptions …

Mixed Mode Missions, B. G. Noblitt, R. Moke, K. Kissin, R. Mcannally

Space Congress® Proceedings

Shuttle missions have typically been viewed as being devoted to a single mission mode, i.e., delivery of free flyer, Spacelab, etc. Full utilization of the STS capabilities as a platform for space research dictates a flexible strategy towards payload integration and mission design. Simple interfaces, single disciplines and large design and resource margins point the way towards lower payload integration and operation costs. Payloads for early missions, e.g., OSTA-1, OSS-1 and MEA are used as illustrations. The implication of this approach on NASA's future plans, as well as potentially new STS operational concepts, are discussed.

Aerial Color Infrared Photography Applications To Citricujture, Carlos H. Blazquez, Frank W. Horn

Space Congress® Proceedings

In 1978, succeeding photographic flights were flown over a citrus grove in Polk County, Florida, during winter, spring, and summer seasons using Aerochrome color infrared film. The spring season flight gave the best separation between healthy and stressed trees. The best scale for photo interpretation and use of inexpensive analysis equipment was 1 inch = 330 feet. Photographs taken with a 12-inch focal length lens were far superior than those taken with a 6-inch lens. A cell-unit system was developed for tree registration. The system was used with window-overlays for rapid photo interpretation and a black and white enlargement for …

M-3s, A Three-Stage Solid Propellent Rocket For Launching Scientific Satellites, Ryojiro Aklba, Tomonao Hayashi, Daikichiro Mori, Tamiya Nomura

Space Congress® Proceedings

The Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo has developed the Mu series satellite' launchers. M-3S as the newest version of Mu family is a three stage solid propel I ant rocket in which TVC systems are Introduced! first in the firststage as well as the second stage. ' The first flight test of M-3S has been successfully conducted on February 17th 1980. Following to the historical remarks on the deve1opment of Mu seni es , veh I c I e descrIption, principles of the flight procedure including guidance and control and results of.the flight test are reviewed. …

Solar Opportunities: Domestic And International, Robert San Martin

Space Congress® Proceedings

The mission of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations and International Programs is to plan, direct, execute, integrate and control field programs, international programs, and interagency programs in support of conservation and solar energy objectives. To fulfill these responsibilities, three technical program offices under the Deputy Assistant Secretary have been created including the Office of SERI and RSEC programs, the Office of International Programs, and the Office of Interagency Programs.

The Nasa/Iitri Manufacturing Applications Team (Mateam): The Transfer Of Technology To The Industrial: Sector 1977-1980, Edmund R. Bangs

Space Congress® Proceedings

In 1977 the NASA Office of Technology Utilization established a Manufacturing Applications Team (MATeam) at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute. The goal of the team is to successfully use aerospace technology to solve significant industry problems. Since its inception the team has become a critical link between NASA technology sources and industries technology users. In this essential intermediary role the team has been able to strengthen the communication process and assist in the movement of new technology across organizational and government agency boundries. As a result of the time required for technological development team effort and its broad …

Energy Choices And Environmental Constraints, Lawrence B. Cahill, Raymond W. Kane, Heather L. Burns

Space Congress® Proceedings

This paper acknowledges the fact that there is no such thing as a free lunch - energy used is waste made. The paper reviews the environmental problems associated with two distinct classes of emerging energy technologies—solar and synfuels. Although the recent push towards synfuels has raised serious environmental concerns, it will be shown that developing the "clean" solar technologies also will demand sound environmental management practices. While changes in technology-use projections based on environmental constraints are not developed in this paper, it will be seen that some impacts could be quite significant; and still others could very well be "showstoppers". …

Doe Ocean Energy Program - An Overview, Robert J. Scott, Lloyd Lewis

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This paper summarizes the background, current status and future plans, for the U. S. Department of Energy's Ocean Energy Program, which is directed toward making a significant contribution to National goals of energy independence. The paper will concentrate primarily upon Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), and will also address alternate technologies including wave and current energy and salinity gradients. Principal issues to be addressed include the status of technical development, critical technical issues, resource potentials, economic perspectives and legal/institutional issues affecting the commercialization of Ocean Energy. The DOE Ocean Engineering Plan will be summarized, with emphasis on the 1 MW …

A Precision Pointing System For Shuttle Experiment Pay Loads, Rich Van Riper

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This paper describes the Annular Suspension and Pointing System (ASPS) being developed to support NASA Shuttle payloads in the 1980s. The ASPS employs a unique magnetic suspension system to isolate Shuttle payloads from Orbiter disturbances and provide vernier control of the payload's attitude, thereby allowing extremely accurate and stable pointing. A description of the system design, configurations, and performance goals is given. Component and system development testing of the full-size ASPS Engineering Development Model is described, and hardware photographs and test configurations are presented.

Space Shuttle External Tank Project Status, R. M. Davis

Space Congress® Proceedings

This is an update on the status of the Space Shuttle External Tank Project. It covers the DDT&E and Production phases as well as the new light weight tank development. The DDT&E phase is progressing well with the structural and ground vibration test article programs complete, the propulsion test article program progressing well, and the component qualification and verification testing 92% complete. The first flight ET has been delivered to KSC, the second flight ET is in final assembly, the third and fourth ET's are undergoing TPS application, and the fifth, sixth and seventh ET's are in structural buildup. New …

Development Of An Experiment Of Opportunity Test Payload For The Space Transportation System, David J. Shrewsberry, David J. Olney

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This paper describes a means for flying existing Sounding Rocket payloads aboard the Space Shuttle by developing small experiment carriers which become detached from the orbiter and are later retrieved and reused. An effort is underway at the Goddard Space Flight Center to develop such a carrier which would be flown as an Experiment of Opportunity Payload (EOP). The activity is viewed as a feasibility test, and success will encourage the construction of similar packages for additional sounding rocket experiments, for eventual evolution of pointed sounding rocket experiments into the Space Shuttle.

Experiences With Technology Transfer To A Rapid Transit System, Preston E. Beck

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The NASA, in cooperation with the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, decided to experiment with a new technique for transfer of aerospace technology to the design of an urban rail rapid transit system. This involved a full-time on-site NASA Representative who was involved in the daily technical activities of the development of the Metrorail system for Metropolitan Dade County (Miami area), Florida. This report covers some of the impressions and opinions of the Nasa Representative compiled after completion of the experiment, which took place from October 1977 to January 1980.

Alcohol Fuels For Spaceship Earth, Daniel Hunt

Space Congress® Proceedings

Foreign crude oil imports currently provide raw material for production of half of the liquid fuels consumed in the United States and represents a cash outflow of almost $8 million per hour. Recent events have dramatically illustrated the substantial vulnerability of such imports. Ethanol is a liquid fuel that can substitute domestic renewable resources for imported petroleum products now and increasingly in the next few years.

Alcohol fuels and in particular gasohol, a blend of 10% agriculturally derived anhydrous ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline, will in the near term be the primary alcohol fuel.

This paper describes the market for …