Space Technology and Applications International Forum-2001 : "Space exploration and transportation : Journey into the Future"
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| Meeting name: | Space Technology & Applications International Forum (2001 : Albuquerque, N.M.) |
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| Imprint: | Melville, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics, 2001. |
| Description: | xxvi, 1251 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | AIP conference proceedings 0094-243X ; v. 552 AIP conference proceedings ; no. 552. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4466083 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Committees
- Awards Committees
- Publications
- Space Exploration Technology Conference
- Opening Session (No Papers, Presentations Only)
- A01. Exploration Architectures
- Mars-Earth Rapid Interplanetary Tether Transport (MERITT) Architecture
- Mars Atmosphere Resource Recovery System (MARRS)
- Exploring Venus by Solar Airplane
- Silicon PV Cell Production on the Moon as the Basis for a New Architecture for Space Exploration
- A02. The Science of Exploration
- Searching for Life: the Case for Halobacteria on Mars
- A Study of Orientation in a Zero Gravity Environment by Means of Virtual Reality Simulation
- NASA Light Emitting Diode Medical Applications from Deep Space to Deep Sea
- A03. Humans and Machines
- Robotic Outposts as Precursors to a Manned Mars Habitat
- Achievability for Telerobotic Systems
- Integrated Design of a Telerobotic Workstation
- Reality Browsing: Using Information Interaction and Robotic Autonomy for Planetary Exploration
- A04. Advanced Technology and Systems Design
- 2250-MHz High Efficiency Microwave Power Amplifier (HEMPA)
- Application Specific InterConnection System for Cutting Edge Packaging Technology
- Avionics for a Small Satellite
- MultiUse Solar Thermal Power Generators
- A05. Operations
- Advanced EVA Concepts and Requirements
- Tuneable Autonomy and Human Interfaces for Free-Flying Servicing Vehicles
- Lunar Spaceport Launch and Landing Operational Parameters for Human-Based Activity
- An Opposition Class Piloted Mission to Mars Using Telerobotics for Landing Site Reconnaissance and Exploration
- A06. Surface Infrastructure
- A Model of Stresses Found in a Rock Melt Drill System Produced Glass Liner to Aid in Determining System Viability for Potential Use on Mars
- A Survey of Alternative Oxygen Production Technologies
- Buffer Gas Acquisition and Storage
- A07. Supportability
- On-Orbit Maintenance Operations Strategy for the International Space Station--Concept and Implementation
- The International Space Station On-Orbit Tester
- Technology Assessment of Laser-Assisted Materials Processing in Space
- A08. Supportability II
- Managing NASA's International Space Station Logistics and Maintenance Program
- On-Demand Spares Fabrication During Space Missions Using Laser Direct Metal Deposition
- Lessons Learned from Hubble Space Telescope Extra Vehicular Activity Supportability
- Streamlined Payload Processing in the 21st Century
- A09. Commercialization
- Three Near Term Commercial Markets in Space and Their Potential Role in Space Exploration
- The Business of Space Exploration
- Conference on Thermophysics in Microgravity
- B01. Fundamentals of Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in Microgravity
- Fundamentals of Gravity Level Dependent Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer--A Tutorial
- Thermal-Gravitational Modelling and Scaling of Two-Phase Heat Transport Systems from Micro-Gravity to Super-Gravity Levels
- Modelling and Scaling of Oscillating or Pulsating Heat Transfer Devices Subjected to Earth Gravity and to High Acceleration Levels
- Modeling and Testing of Two-Phase Flow in Manifolds Under Microgravity Conditions
- B02. Applications of Two-Phase Thermal Control Systems for Space
- Two-Phase Frictional Pressure Drop Correlations for Small Tubes
- Temperature Oscillations in Loop Heat Pipe Operation
- B03. Emerging Thermal Control Technologies for Future Spacecraft
- Advanced Thermal Control Technologies for Space Science Missions at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Development and Testing of a Proptotype Low-Lift Heat Pump for Spacecraft Thermal Control
- Space-Based Radar Antenna Thermal Control
- High Power Cold Shock Phenomena in Loop Heat Pipes
- B04. Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle Thermal Design and Control
- Thermal Analysis of the MC-1 Chamber/Nozzle
- Thermal Characterization of an Epoxy-Based Composite Sandwich Nose Cap Design for the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
- Calibration of an Analytical Thermal Model for an Epoxy-Based Composite Sandwich Design
- A Prototype Electrohydrodynamic Driven Thermal Control System (EHD-TCS)
- B05. Thermophysics and Materials Research in Microgravity
- Aerodynamic Levitation: An Approach to Microgravity
- Thermophysical Property Measurements of Liquid Metals in Microgravity
- Thermophysical Property Measurement and Materials Research in the NASA/MSFC Electrostatic Levitator
- Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Metallic Melts for High Quality Castings
- B06. Fluid Physics Research in Microgravity
- An Innovative Pumping Technology--Electrohydrodynamic Pumping Through Conduction Phenomenon
- Non-Contact Calorimetry of Liquid Metallic Alloys under Reduced Gravity Conditions
- Protracted Adiabatic Response of a One-Component Fluid
- Non-Desirable Convective Motion in Microgravity Experiments
- Conference on Innovative Transportation Systems for Exploration of the Solar System and Beyond
- Opening Session (No Papers, Presentations Only)
- C01. Propellantless Propulsion: Solar Sails
- Solar Sail Passive Attitude Stability and Control
- Near-Term Mission Applications for Low Performance Solar Sails
- Solar Sail Technology Development and Application to Fast Missions to the Outer Heliosphere
- C02. Propellantless Propulsion: Innovative Sail Concepts and Missions
- Interstellar Flight by Particle Beam
- Multi-Bounce Laser-Based Sails
- SailBeam: Space Propulsion by Macroscopic Sail-Type Projectiles
- Laboratory Testing of the Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion (M2P2) Prototype
- Solar Sails: An Answer to Global Warming?
- C03. Propellantless Propulsion: Electrodynamic Tethers I Missions and Mission Concepts
- Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (ProSEDS)
- The ElectroDynamic Delivery Experiment (EDDE)
- EDOARD: A Tethered Device for Efficient Electrodynamic De-Orbiting of LEO Spacecraft
- Practicality of Using a Tether for Electrodynamic Reboost of the International Space Station
- C04. Propellantless Propulsion: Electrodynamic Tethers II Ed-Tether System Testing and System Components
- Miniature Plasma Activated Systems for Tether Current Generation
- Electrodynamic-Tether Time-Domain Reflectometer for Analyzing Tether Faults and Degradation
- The Effect of Plasma Density and Emitter Geometry on Space Charge Limits for Field Emitter Array Electron Charge Emission into a Space Plasma
- Enhancement of Electrodynamic Tether Electron Current Collection Using Radio Frequency Power
- C05. Propellantless Propulsion: Electrodynamic Tethers III Ed-Tether Current Collection and Performance
- Efficiency of Different Types of ED-Tether Thrusters
- Computation of Current Collection by a Moving Bare Tether
- Current Collection to Long, Thin Probes in a Dense High-Speed Flowing Plasma
- C06. Propellantless Propulsion IV: Momentum Transfer Tethers I
- Design of an Artifical Gravity Generating Tethered Satellite System
- Momentum-Exchange/Electrodynamic-Reboost Tether Facility for Deployment of Microsatellites to GEO and the Moon
- The Bridge to Space Launch System
- Spinning Tethers for Rapid Orbital Plane Change
- C07. Propellantless Propulsion IV: Momentum Transfer Tethers II
- Tether-Debris Interactions in Low Earth Orbit
- Integrated Test Rig for Tether Hardware, Real-Time Simulator and Control Algorithms: Robust Momentum Transfer Validated
- C08. Beamed Energy In-Space Propulsion
- Microwave Beam-Driven Sail Flight Experiments
- Beam-Riding Sail Dynamics
- Stability and Control of Microwave-Propelled Sails in 1-D
- 3-D Simulations of Rigid Microwave-Propelled Sails Including Spin
- Interstellar Beamer Engineering
- C09. Gun Launch Systems for Cheap Access to Space
- The Spiral Slingatron Mass Launcher
- Direct Space Launch Using Ram Accelerator Technology
- The Blast Wave Accelerator--Feasibility Study
- C10. Mission Concepts for Rapid Robotic Exploration of the Solar System and Nearby Interstellar Space
- Preliminary Analysis of Light Sail Systems Engineering Concepts
- Interstellar Propulsion by SunLensing
- Persephone: A Non-Nuclear Rendezvous Mission to a Kuiper Belt Object
- Propulsion Implications of a New Source for the Einstein Equations
- Conference on Commercial/Civil Next Generation Space Transportation
- D01. Existing and Growth Markets
- Potential Hurdles or Gateways in Commercial Space Transportation Market
- Trends in the Commercial Launch Services Industry
- D02. Status and Evolution of Today's Fleet
- The ROCKOT Vehicle Qualified for Commercial Launches
- D03. Space Launch Initiative
- Forecasting the Demand for Commercial Telecommunications Satellites
- D04. Spaceport Developments
- Closed End Launch Tube (CELT)
- D05. Spaceport Technology
- Human Factors Engineering of Enhanced Spaceport Procedures
- Informed Maintenance for Next Generation Space Transportation Systems
- The Next Generation Space Launch Range
- Autonomous System for Launch Vehicle Range Safety
- Commercial Free Flyer Satellites and Orbital Re-Entry/Recovery Systems for Low Cost Microgravity Research
- D06. Financing and Funding the Enterprise (No Papers, Presentations Only)
- 18th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
- Opening Session (No Papers, Presentations Only)
- E01. Potential Missions
- Advanced Radioisotope Power Sources for Future Deep Space Missions
- A Radioisotope Powered Cryobot for Penetrating the Europan Ice Shell
- Interstellar Travel--Challenging Propulsion and Power Technologies for the Next 50 Years
- E02. Radioisotope Power Systems
- Processing and Thermal Properties of Filament Wound Carbon-Carbon Composites for Impact Shell Application
- Milliwatt Radioisotope Power Supply for the PASCAL Mars Surface Stations
- Radioisotope Power System Options for Future Planetary Missions
- Thermal Vacuum Testing of a MHW RTG AFter 17 Years in Storage
- Chemical Analysis of Plutonium-238 for Space Applications
- E03. Radioisotope Power Systems II
- Development Program for [superscript 238]Pu Aqueous Recovery Process
- Removal of Pu-238 from Aqueous Process Streams Using a Polymer Filtration Process
- Purification and Neutron Emission Reduction of [superscript 238]Plutonium Oxide by Nitrate Anion Exchange Processing
- A High Power, Coated Particle Fuel Compact Radioisotope Heat Unit
- A Roadmap for the Development and Validation of Coated Particle Fuel for Future Space Radioisotope Heater Units (RHUs) and Radioisotope Power Systems (RPSs)
- E04. Nuclear Power for Exploration Missions
- Development of a Robust Space Power System Decision Model
- The Heatpipe-Operated Mars Exploration Reactor (HOMER)
- An Analysis and Procedure for Determining Space Environmental Sink Temperatures with Selected Computational Results
- Coupled Reactor Kinetics and Heat Transfer Model for Heat Pipe Cooled Reactors
- E05. Nuclear Propulsion for Human Exploration
- Options for Development of Space Fission Propulsion Systems
- Square Lattice Honeycomb Tri-Carbide Fuels for 50 to 250 KN Variable Thrust NTP Design
- E06. Nuclear System Testing Progress/Results
- Phase 1 Space Fission Propulsion System Testing and Development Progress
- Results of 30 kWt Safe Affordable Fission Engine (SAFE-30) Primary Heat Transport Testing
- Safe Affordable Fission Engine (SAFE 30) Module Conductivity Test Thermal Model Correlation
- Mechanism to Ensure Safety of Fission System During Launch
- Development of Core Cladding Fabrication Techniques for Phase I Fission Propulsion Systems
- E07. Nuclear System Testing Progress/Results II
- Rhenium Compatibility with Uranium Dioxide at Elevated Temperatures
- Sodium Heat Pipe Module Test for the SAFE-30 Reactor Prototype
- Mass Estimates of Very Small Reactor Cores Fueled by Uranium-235, U-233 and Cm-245
- E08. Missions, Systems, and Safety
- E09. Fusion Space Systems Application
- Nuclear Pulse Propulsion for Interplanetary Travel
- Gasdynamic Mirror Fusion Propulsion Experiment
- Magnetized Target Fusion for Advanced Space Propulsion
- Numerical Simulation of Magnetically-Guided Plasma Flows for the Design of a Fusion Propulsion System
- E10. High Power Electric Propulsion
- Lithium Mass Flow Control for High Power Lorentz Force Accelerators
- Overview of Nuclear MHD Power Conversion for Multi-Megawatt Electric Propulsion
- Multimegawatt Nuclear Electric Propulsion with Gaseous and Vapor Core Reactors with MHD
- E11. Advanced Concepts I
- Design and Preliminary Testing of a High Performance Antiproton Trap (HiPAT)
- High Density Storage of Antimatter for Space Propulsion Applications
- On New Generations of Solar Propulsive Systems for Space
- Propulsion Using a Stable Plasma Thruster
- E12. Advanced Concepts II
- Application of Nuclear Photon Engines for Deep-Space Exploration
- Concept for High Performance MHD Airbreathing-IEC Fusion Rocket
- Low Energy Reaction Cell for Advanced Space Power Applications
- E13. Advanced Concepts and Materials
- A Possible Propellantless Propulsion System
- Thermal Emittance Measurements on Candidate Refractory Materials for Application in Nuclear Space Power Systems
- Development and Characterization of Solid Solution Tri-Carbides
- Advanced Research Interplanetary Exploration Ship (A.R.I.E.S.)
- E14. Dynamic Energy Conversion Technology and Applications
- Modular Stirling Radioisotope Power System (SRPS) Using an Advanced Heat Source
- Status Update of a Free-Piston Stirling Convertor for Radioisotope Space Power Systems
- Update on the NASA GRC Stirling Technology Development Project
- Power Characteristics of a Stirling Radioisotope Power System over the Life of the Mission
- E15. Dynamic Energy Conversion Technology and Applications II
- A Comparison of Brayton and Stirling Space Nuclear Power Systems for Power Levels from 1 Kilowatt to 10 Megawatts
- Solar Refractive Secondary Concentrator Technology Overview
- E16. Dynamic Energy Conversion Technology and Applications III
- Advanced Radioisotope Heat Source for Stirling Engines
- Effect of Inert Cover Gas on Performance of Radioisotope Stirling Space Power System
- A Comparative Reliability Analysis of Free-Piston Stirling Machines
- E17. Alkali-Metal Thermal-to-Electric Technology and Applications I
- Update of the Design of the AMTEC Converter for Use in AMTEC Radioisotope Power Systems
- Challenges Facing Successful Development of Long Life, High Temperature, High Efficiency/Power AMTECs for Space Applications
- Analysis of a Vapor Anode, Multi-Tube, Potassium Refractory AMTEC Converter for Space Applications
- Oxidation of Mo-Re at Reduced Oxygen Pressures
- Mathematical Modeling of the Impedance of Single and Multi-cell AMTEC Units
- E18. Alkali-Metal Thermal-to-Electric Technology and Applications II
- Advances in Electrode Materials for AMTEC
- Metallurgical Examination of an AMTEC Unit
- Reactivity of Thin Metal Films on Sodium Beta" Alumina Ceramic in High Temperature, Low Pressure Sodium Vapor
- E19. Thermoelectric Technology and Applications
- High Efficiency Segmented Thermoelectric Unicouples
- Thermomagnetic Coolers Based on Bi and Bi-Sb Nanocomposites
- E20. Thermionic Technology and Applications
- Tests of a Conductively Coupled Multi-Cell Thermionic Fuel Element
- Growth of Nb-O Single Crystals Using Electron Beam Zone Melting
- Thermionic Fast Spectrum Reactor-Converter on the Basis of Multi-Cell TFE
- Experimental Investigation of High Temperature High Voltage Thermionic Diode for the Space Power Nuclear Reactor
- Experimental Investigation of a Thermionic Converter with Molybdenum Electrodes for Low Temperature Applications
- E21. Thermionic Technology and Applications II
- The Microminiature Thermionic Converter
- Application of Revised Thermionic Theory to MTC Diodes
- A Novel Thin Film Dispenser Cathode for Thermionic Emission
- Base Materials and Technologies to Maintain Long Service Life and Efficiency of Thermionic Converters and Thermionic Fuel Elements
- E22. Future Space Nuclear Power Systems to Support Future Crewed Mars Missions: Requirements/Concepts
- E23. Space Nuclear Power Flight Systems for Crewed Mars Missions: Technologies
- E24. Space Nuclear Power Flight Systems for Crewed Mars Missions: Other Considerations/Panel Discussion
- Space Radiation and Environment Effects Track
- F01. Space Radiation Environment
- Galactic Cosmic Radiation Environment Models
- Solar Energetic Particles and Space Weather
- Energy Spectra of High-Energy SEP Event Protons Derived from Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data on a Large Set of Events
- The Balance Between SEP and GCR Particle Fluxes in Interplanetary Space, Depending on Solar Activity Level
- F02. Radiation Sensitive Components
- Lessons Learned Using COTS Electronics for the International Space Station Radiation Environment
- Disorder-Effects in Reduced Dimensional and Quantum Electronics
- F03. Human Exploration and Radiation
- Interplanetary Crew Doses and Dose Rates for the July 2000 Solar Particle Event
- Non-Invasive, Quantitative, and Remote Detection of Early Radiation Cataracts for Applications in Bio-Astronautics and Bio-Informatics
- The Booster Applications Facility
- A Monte Carlo Transport Code Study of the Space Radiation Environment Using FLUKA and ROOT
- Equivalent Dose During Long-Term Interplanetary Missions Depending on Solar Activity Level
- Hardware, Multimedia
- G01. Hardware, Multimedia Display Session
- Author Index
