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Annual Technical Symposium

Annual Technical Symposium 2004

April 16, 2004 (Friday)

Gilruth Center, NASA/JSC


Following the suggestion of some of the attendees at the symposium, we gave all authors the option to make their presentations available here on our web site. Selected presentations are available with permission from the authors.

ISS Track     AT&E Track

Space Shuttle (STS) Track

STS-1: Global Positioning Systems
  Chair: David Dannemiller, USA
  
  Advanced GPS Technology For Automated/Autonomous Shuttle Missions (Download: PDF, 1.95 MB)
John Goodman, United Space Alliance LLC
Velocity Noise in Space Shuttle and ISS GPS from the Ionosphere
Leonard Kramer, United Space Alliance LLC
GPS FOM Chimney Analysis using Generalized Extreme Value Distribution
Kanan B Saha, Rick Ott, Joe Frisbee, United Space Alliance LLC
  
STS-2: Space Shuttle Technology
  Chair: Larry Friesen, UHCL
  
  STS-107 Flight Day 2 Debris Trajectory Analysis and Ballistic Characterization
Joey Broome, Carlos H. Westhelle, NASA Johnson Space Center
STS Accidents: Analysis & Comparison to Other Aviation Mishaps and the Challenge of Prevention
Dave W. Witwer, NASA JSC & Continental Express
Intelligent Systems in Space Operations
Cindy Marie Kurt, United Space Alliance LLC
  
STS-3: Risk Management
  Chair: Antonio Oliva, Lockheed Martin
  
  Risk Management and Mitigation for Cohesive Space Operations (Download: PPT, 50 KB)
Russell Strachan, Muniz Engineering Inc.
Reliability-Centered Maintenance on the Space Shuttle Program and Beyond
Ken Lathrop, Jeff Ewald, Scott Truax, United Space Alliance LLC
Modeling and Simulation for Efficiency & Quality Improvements
David Tucker, Valerie Hall, Jennifer Guarino, Kris Warren, United Space Alliance LLC
  
STS-4: Real-Time Systems
  Chair: Mansour Falou, Lockheed Martin
  
  Descent Real-Time Support Operational Requirements Evolution
Ellen Gillespie, United Space Alliance LLC
SAFM: An Onboard Real-Time Abort Determination and Assessment Application for Crew Safety and Awareness
Tim Straube, NASA Johnson Space Center
SMART: A Real-Time Intelligent Autonomous Flight Management System (Download: PPT, 1.44 MB)
Jeremy Hart, NASA Johnson Space Center
  
STS-5: Shuttle Subsystems
  Chair: Oliver Phillippi, Lockheed Martin
  
  Improved Situational Awareness Produced by the Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade
Todd Smithgall, United Space Alliance LLC
Onboard Determination Of Vehicle Glide Capability For The Shuttle Abort Flight Manager (SAFM)
Mark Jackson, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
A Historical Look at Spacecraft Fuel-Optimal Rotations from Apollo to STS Return to Flight
Rob Hall, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
  
STS-6: Image Analysis
  Chair: John Bain, Honeywell
  
  Capture, Report and Analysis of Visual Environments
Brad A. Lawrence, Natalie A. Roberts, Michelle A. Phegley, United Space Alliance
Experiments in Earth Observations on-board the International Space Station
Kamlesh Lulla, NASA Johnson Space Center
A Hybrid Synthetic Vision System for the Tele-operation of Unmanned Vehicles
Frank Delgado, NASA Johnson Space Center
  
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