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Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items: bond bids, University Press of Kentucky, purchase of 1580 Normal Drive, Sarah Garris estate and Kentucky Southern College.

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items: Executive Committee Meeting minutes, leaves of absence, Kentucky Southern College, construction of dormitories and University Center, bonds, Fine Arts Building, Graduate Center, parking and traffic survey, Service-Supply Building, naming of Keen Hall, Poland Hall, Pearce-Ford Tower, Craig Alumni Center, Gordon Wilson Hall and Van Meter Hall, dormitory rates, purchase of 1572 Normal Boulevard, creation of health education minor, renaming Sociology as Sociology & Anthropology, personnel and salaries, Kelly Thompson's vacation and scholarships for Samoan students.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items: new regents, budget, tuition and fees, combining Philosophy and Religion, increased faculty members on Academic Council, Industrial Arts renamed Industrial Education, Physics renamed Physics & Astronomy, salary adjustments for doctorates, bonds and commencement.

Congress Valorem, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

WKU Student Government Association newsletter Congress Valorem, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1968.

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items: new regents, bonds, department heads, personnel and salaries.

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items: Wendell Butler's accident, new regents, bonds, tution and fees, Bowling Green high school football schedule,

Improved Techniques For The Management Of Launch Operations, J. M. Verlander

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The application of automatic computers to business management integrates science and art and contributes directly to the advancement of management as a vital and creative force. This paper discusses improved techniques applied to the management of launch operations and the development of an automated management reporting system, citing some of the advantages and disadvantages over manual reporting systems.

The original schemes were developed and evaluated during the checkout and launch of the Gemini Launch Vehicle. The system can be applied to any major integration task involving numerous interfaces and different hardware configurations. Further developments are being considered for possible use …

Experiment Payloads For Manned Encounter Missions To Mars And Venus, W. B. Thompson, J. E. Volonte

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Trajectory opportunities have been identified for free return manned flyby, or encounter, missions to Mars and Venus. Using Saturn V launch vehicle technology and assuming the development of a manned planetary spacecraft with two year capability, missions to these planets with experiment payloads of 50,000 Ibs are possible.

Selecting as a design reference mission a triple planet (Venus-Mars-Venus) flyby with a 1977 Earth launch date, a possible experiment program is outlined which employs unmanned probes to explore Mars and Venus during the planetary encounter phase. To complement this a program of space science and astronomy experiments is carried out during …

Hedonistic Management, John H. Lane

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Why another paper on management? Cr why another theory of management? Because the state of the management art is not coping with the rising frustration index of the knowledge workers, the people who work with data. As more sophisticated systems are developed, automation, computer applications, and cybernetics develop, we humans are threatened by incessant change. The frustration index soars when the interfaces between, contractors on the Apollo program dictate either enforced idleness or at least pursuit of mark-time or catch-up work of much lower motivational appeal than the mission. Even a stretch out in schedule can lower morale. M'any a …

A New Literature For The Space Age, John H. Lowther

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Technological developments, just as social changes, economic processes, or political events, make their impact on the literature of a nation, a culture or an era. The reverse, of course, is also true: man's many and diverse activities are influenced and shaped by what is said about them. This paper attempts to project the trend, as well as some of the developments, of this culture-technology interaction in the forseeable future.

Fluidic Attitude Control System — Solar Probe, D. B. Wall, B. W. Patz

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This paper establishes design criteria for a fluidic attitude control system for a solar probe. Results of an analytical and experimental investigation are presented to indicate that fluidic control is both possible and practical.

A system is designed to meet the control system requirements. A block diagram of the control system is discussed and derivations of the transfer functions explained. The system response is determined for the radii of 1 AU maximum and 0.3 AU minimum.

System performance is described and computer solutions for the vehicle's attitude response obtained. Performance is discussed in terms of two separate modes of operation: …

Data Compression For Space Missions, J. C. Elsey

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For many space missions , the ability of spacecraft sensors to acquire meaningful data may surpass to a considerable extent the ability of the telemetry system to transmit this data to earth. It is often possible , however, to receive at the Earth a large portion of the sensed data by preprocessing or compressing the data before transmission in order to remove redundancy or useless information. This paper discusses data compression as applied to space missions. Since the usefulness and form of data compression is dependent to some extent on the particular space mission under consideration, certain general classifications of …

Voyager Radvs-Exhaust Plume Interference, J. F. Cashen, J. G. Seubold, R. R. Gold

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It is generally accepted that there is virtually no interference between the Surveyor and Apollo LM rocket exhaust plumes and their respective RADVS systems. The obvious tendency to extrapolate the conditions of the Surveyor and Apollo LM vehicle to Voyager would lead to the similar conclusion that no interference problem should exist. However, preliminary calculations on several proposed Voyager descent engines indicate that severe interference with the radar may occur. The essential difference in this case is the back pressure of the Martian atmosphere which confines the plume and introduces shock and mixing layer regions and the associated high gas …

Communication Channel Model Of The Atmosphere For Optical Frequencies, Eli Brookner, Raytheon Company

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In order to obtain high data rate T.V. picture transmissions from spacecrafts on planetary missions consideration has been given in the past to the use of laser communications systems. If no relay satellite is used a deep space laser communication link would involve propagation through the earths atmosphere to a ground based station. This paper gives consideration to the characteristic of the earths atmosphere as a communication channel. A channel model is given both for clear weather conditions and for inclement weather conditions. For clear weather conditions it is found that the laser atmosphere is a Quasi-Wide-Sense-Stationary correlated Scattering Channel …

Performance Of Single- And Multiple-Dish Laser Communications Systems, Eli Brookner

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A comparison is given of three potentially useful types of laser communications systems. These are the incoherent direct detection systems (DDS), the transmitted reference system (TRS) and the coherent local heterodyning system (LHS). Both signle- and multiple-dish receiver systems are considered. In all cases a photomultiplier receiver detector is assumed.

In the analysis the wave interference noise (or equivalently, classical noise) has been taken into account. The results are given for the case where the background noise arises from a point source, from rnanv point sources or from a uniformly radiating background. Also, the case where the receiving aperture is …

Bah Humbug: Application Of The Scientific Temper To Education For Adults, James B. King

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss what I consider to be the critical rcle of adult education in a modern democratic society. Within this discourse I will state that the only purpose of education in a democracy is the continuation (or stimulation) of life, physically and psychologically. Throughout history education has been a useful instrument for the physical development of life but has evolved into an instrument that sustains the threat to the existence of man.

I recommend an educational solution to this predicament and have coined the not-so-original term "bah humbuggism" to identify this proposed movement.

Synchronous Communication Relay Satellites For Manned Space Flight In Earth Orbit, Meredith Hamilton, Robert A. Hunting

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Results are presented from a feasibilitystudy and laboratory demonstration "which describe a system for using synchronous-altitude satellites as communication and tracking relays for manned spacecraft in earth -orbit. This system can provide "worldwide, continuous coverage. With proper tracking of the Doppler shifts, two-way simultaneous voice and data communication can be received with adequate margins. Range and range rate can be measured "with sufficiently high precision to give position information comparable with that obtainable with tracking ships and aircraft. Maximum use Is made of existing equipment to provide compatibility with the Apollo unified S-band communication system.

Laboratory Simulation Of Laser Communications From A Reentry Vehicl, T. A. Barr, Charles Cason

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Laser communications has been proposed as one way to solve the "radio blackout" problem during the reentry of a manned vehicle. The AMICOM 8,000 kW Plasma Facility (PF)1 ' 2 was used in a set of experiments to simulate the conditions expected during the reentry of a high speed vehicle. This experimental study was designed to simulate a typical theoretical Apollo test vehicle reentry trajectory. No plasma effects on the transmitted laser beam were expected or observed since the cutoff frequency due to electron collision rates was calculated to be in the microwave region and not in the optical or …

The Utility Of Coded Multilevel Communications Systems, R. F. Filipowsky

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A design tool, called the Utility Chart, was introduced at this Congress in 1967. It is based on the utility, a definition of the efficiency of a communications link. The utility relates the normalized transmission rate (bit density) to the signal-to-noise ratio. This kind of definition of the communications efficiency is based on a paper by R. W. Sanders published in I960 . The definition has been modified to meet more closely the requirements of practical communications designers.

The present paper compares the various methods of coded multilevel communications systems with the help of the utility chart. "Coded communications" is …

Evaluation Of Aerodynamic And Propulsive Terminal Phase Systems For An Unmanned Mars Soft Lander, H. Zeiner, C. French, D. Howard

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The terminal phase of an unmanned Mars soft lander is defined as that portion of the descent trajectory bridging the gap between the high speed entry trajectory and the very low speed soft landing. This paper presents the results of a parametric analysis comparing the performance and capability of several candidate deceleration systems considered for use during the terminal phase. System comparison is made on the basis of total decelerator system weight requirements and system capability to cope with the mission uncertainties. The mission mode is entry from orbit.

Two general types of terminal phase decelerator systems are analyzed; aerodynamic …

Launch Window Analysis For Round Trip Mars Missions, Larry A. Manning, Byron L. Swenson, Jerry M. Deerwester

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Round trip missions to Mars have been investigated to define representative launch windows and associated AV requirements. The 1982 inbound and the 1986 outbound Venus swingby missions were selected for analysis and serve to demonstrate the influence of the characteristics of the heliocentric trajectories on the launch window velocity requirements. This report presents results indicating the effects on the launch windows of velocity capability, transfer technique, and of the inclination, eccentricity, and insertion direction of the orbit. The analysis assumed a circular parking orbit at Earth and considers both circular and elliptical parking orbits at Mars. Use of one-, two-, …

Future Opportunities For Space Flight Experiments, Willis B. Foster

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I'm going to try to be as realistic as I can in addressing the topic which I've been asked to discuss. These are difficult times for the space program but I'm convinced that the nation will want us to be ready to move forward once the nations' resources can be diverted from the Viet Nam situation. Three important areas in which we undoubtedly should be prepared to move forward are applications, astronomy, and life sciences. There are other areas but I'll restrict myself to those today.

Eupsychian Management - Fact Or Fiction ?, James L. Centner

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Far away, located in previously uncharted waters, there exists an imaginary island conceived in Maslovian reveries* It is a sheltered place, inhabited by one thousand self-actualizing people, who dominate a culture produced under constant study.. This study produces some rather deep questions, albeit very real questions, such as, how good a society does human nature permit? Or conversely, how good a human nature does society permit?

The island phantasm just mentioned is named Eupsychia, and it is different from Utopia or Dystopia in that a "eupsychian" culture could imply only real possibility and improvability, rather than certainty, prophesy, inevitability, perfectability, …

Space Research Spinoff To Structural Engineering, Kenneth P. Buchert

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Research for space applications has resulted in a considerable amount of valuable spinoff information to practicing structural engineers outside the space related fields. The spinoff has not been limited to any one field, but cuts across the lines of many industries serving the public, For example, specific applications can be traced to the agricultural industry, commercial power generation, school and building construction, and hydrospace applications.

Examples are given where funds from NASA and other space oriented organizations have been combined with funds from private organizations such as the American Iron aid Steel Institute, the American Institute of Steel Construction and …

Dynamic Calibration Of Space Object Tracking Systems, J. Mochan, R. A. Stophel

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It is generally recognized that proper calibration is a necessary ingredient in the effective utilization of a tracking system. This paper presents a method of calibrating space object tracking systems under dynamic conditions which closely approximate those of the operational environment. Briefly, this calibration scheme involves the tracking of a reference satellite whose position in space is very accurately known as a function of time. By means of a set of digital computer programs, the unknown error model coefficients of the tracking system are extracted by operating upon the differences between the track observations and the reference satellite positions . …

Deleterious Effect On Astronaut Capability Of Vestibulo- Ocular Disturbance During Spacecraft Roll Acceleration, Vernon L. Grose

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This study discusses the physiological limitations of the human and his susceptibility to error when subjected to extended and accelerated spacecraft rolling. The context for discussion is provided by the Gemini VIII spaceflight emergency of uncontrolled and accelerated rolling which caused the premature abort of the mission. Data from this flight imply that astronaut performance was impaired due to vestibulo-ocular disturbance. Five deleterious effects are attributed to spacecraft roll acceleration: disorientation, dizziness, impaired vision, nausea, and panic. Recommendations for astronaut selection and conditioning as well as spacecraft design are proposed to minimize these effects of accelerated rolling.

Saturn Ib Stage Launch Operations, G. Salvador, R. W. Eddy

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The prelaunch and launch activities are described as they pertain to the S-IB (booster) stage of the 1.6 mi11ion-pound thrust Uprated Saturn Launch Vehicle. The typical over-all schedule for an Uprated Saturn Launch is presented, culminating in the launch, and concluding with analysis of the data returned. The launch vehicle is described, with a precis of the stages and the role each has in the performance of the mission. The paper is concerned with the testing performed to bring the composite parts of the launch vehicle to flight readiness status, with emphasis on the booster stage.

Test And Evaluation Aspects Of The Nimbus Ii Program Useful To Other Long Life Space Programs, S. Charp

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The Nimbus II satellite has been in orbit 20 months (to January 15, 1968), operating well within design specifications as a carrier spacecraft for meteorological instruments.

This spacecraft includes a three axis active attitude control system which itself is more complex than many other satellites and their included payloads. An essential element of the total development of Nimbus is the intensive and extensive test and evaluation programs at the General Electric Company, to which the prototype/qualification and flight spacecraft were exposed, coupled with selected design features which contribute to long life. Although a rigid causal relation cannot be established between …

Mind Organization: Key To Efficiency In Space Age Management, William F. Ghana

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MIND organization is a concept of using a specific MINimum number of functional Departments.

MIND organization uses common functions and disciplines to encourage communication, promote harmony, and strengthen the bond between a corporation's headquarters, its divisions, plants, test sites, large program offices, small project offices, and its customers' own program/project offices. It is a concept that can be adopted by a company as organization policy.

Cost incentive contracting, total package procurement, and program/project management emphasize the need for early consideration of all systems criteria. This means that the functions and disciplines required to administer, conceive, build, and support a total …

Meteorological Support To Spaceport Operations, Ernest A. Amman

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The Spaceflight Meteorology Group. (SMG) Weather" Bureau., ESSA, is responsible for providing weather support in connection with the Manned Spaceflight Program. This weather support is broadly categorized, into: (1) " Mission suppprt, and C 2) Non-mis s ion support.

Prior to a manned space flight, the Cape Kennedy Section of the SMG provides pertinent weather forecasts to the various users, such, as the Mission Director and. the Launch. Director, After launching, the distribution of forecasts for recovery purposes becomes the primary responsibility for another section of SMG.

With the progression from Project Mercury to the Gemini program and to the …