Space and humanity selected proceedings of the 39th International Astronautical Federation Congress, Bangalore, India, 8-15 October 1988 /
This volume contains a selection of 27 papers that are chiefly survey, state-of-the-art, review or programmatic in nature. The volume itself is structured in three parts: Part I, The System, that deals with Space Transportation, Space Stations and Platforms; Part II, Hard and Soft Technologies, that...
| Corporate Authors: | International Astronautical Congress Bangalore, India) |
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| Other Authors: | International Astronautical Congress, Napolitano, Luigi G., International Astronautical Federation. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1989]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 228 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Space and Humanity; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. SPACE AND HUMANITY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SPACE AND COMMUNICATION; 3. SPACE AND EDUCATION; 4. SPACE, WEATHER AND CLIMATE; 5. SPACE FOR NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; 6. SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT; 7. THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 2. OVERCOMING THE LAUNCH CRISIS : A CHALLENGE FOR ELVS; INTRODUCTION; CONFIGURATIONS; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3. IDENTIFICATION OF LARGE STRUCTURES ON ORBITA SURVEY; ABSTRACT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS; III. CLASSIFICATION OF IDENTIFICATION METHODS.
- IV. CURRENT ISSUES FOR LARGE SPACE STRUCTURESV. RECOMMENDATIONS; CHAPTER 4. INTERNATIONAL INTERFACE DESIGN FORSPACE STATION FREEDOM: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. SSF Interface Definition; 3. SSF Interface Management and Documentation; 4. Interface Implementation and Verification; 5. Examples of COLUMBUS Interface Solutions; 6. Summary; References; Acronyms; CHAPTER 5. MAN SYSTEMS ASPECTS IN THE DESIGN CONCEPT OF THECOLUMBUS MAN-TENDED FREE-FLYER (MTFF); ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MAIN FEATURES OF THE MANNED OOLUMBUS FLIGHT TGURATTONS; SAFETY/REDUNDANCY REQUIREMENTS.
- Operational environment of the mtffand the aim and resources provisioneffect of dürwtcn of man's presenceon the design of mtff and aim; effect of man's task cnthe eesign of mtff and aim; meff/heemes exteheed mission; potential grcwih of mtfftowards an european space station; chapter 6. telescience and microgravityimpact on future facilities, ground segments and operations; abstract; 1. introduction; 2. man role; 3. implications of telescience in the on board facility design; 4. ground support, infrastructure and equipment; 5. conclusions.
- CHAPTER 7. TECHNOLOGY FORECAST AND APPLICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMSAbstract; Introduction; Space Station Thermal Control System (TCS) Demonstration; Space Shuttle Integrated Communications Officer(INCO) Station (NASA/Johnson Space Center); Launch Processing System (NASA/Kennedy Space Center); Expert Scheduling System for Pioneer VenusSpacecraft (NASA/Ames Research Center); The Bayesian Classification System AUTOCLASS (NASA/Ames Research Center); Spaceborne VHSIC Multiprocessor System (SVMS) (NASA/Ames Research Center); Technology Trends and Forecasts; Conclusions.
- AcknowledgmentsReferences; CHAPTER 8. THE NASA TECHNOLOGY PUSHTOWARDS FUTURE SPACE MISSION SYSTEMS; ABSTRACT; THE CHANGING ROLE FOR TECHNOLOGY; PROGRAM PUSH AND TECHNOLOGY PULL; FOCUSED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS; A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TECHNOLOGY FLIGHT READINESS; APPLICATION OF READINESS MEASURES; REBUILDING A TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION; CSTI AND PATHFINDER FOCUSED DEMONSTRATIONS; TOWARD A U.S. NATIONAL R & T BASE; IN-SPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTS A NEW FOCUSED INITIATVE; RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC VISION AND GOALS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. THE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF ASTRODYNAMICS1; Abstract.