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Annual Technical Symposium

Annual Technical Symposium 2005

May 19, 2006 (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 PowerPoint presentations available here on our web site. Selected presentations are available with permission from the authors.


  
Software Tools-I
  Chair: Greg Pierce (Jacobs Sverdrup)
  
Software Tools-II
  Chair: Satya Pilla (Boeing)
  
  SVF Start Script (Download: PPT, 5.73 MB)
Lloyd Johnson, ISS HSI; Dan Golding, ISS HSI
  
  MDM DUMP TOOL (Download: PPT, 378 KB)
Lionel G Molina, Cimarron/Boeing; Lloyd Johnson, Boeing
  
Space Operations-I
  Chair: Mike Hazen (Jacobs Sverdrup)
  
  On-board Simulation and Training System
Rolando Garza, Self; Reynaldo R. Rodriguez, Self
  
  EVA operations and integration activities as performed by MOD EVA
Zane A. Ney, MOD
  
Shuttle Retirement
  Chair: Steve King (Lockheed Martin)
  
  Strategic Capabilities Assessment for Retirement of the Space Shuttle Program: Defining and Documenting the Path for NASA’s Human Spaceflight Transition (Download: PPT, 2.42 MB)
Douglas R. Sander, SSP Strategic Planning Office; David Frost, Futron Corp.
  
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  Chair: Bill Atwell (Boeing)
  
  The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Spacecraft and Objectives
Craig Tooley, NASA
  
  The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Instrument Suite and Measurements
John W. Keller, NASA
  
Aeroscience/Flight Mechanics
  Chair: Aaron Morris (Barrios Technology)
  
  Abort Options for Human Lunar Missions Between Earth Orbit and Lunar Vicinity
Gerald Condon, EG/Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division; Juan Senent, Odyssey
  
Aerospace Technology-I
  Chair: Brett Anderson (Boeing)
  
  UWB technology and applications on space exploration
Jianjun (David) Ni, National Research Council; Dickey Arndt, JSC/EV4
  
  UWB Tracking Algorithms – AOA and TDOA
Jianjun (David) Ni, National Research Council; Melinda Refford, USA
  
Aerospace Technology-II
  Chair: Zafar Taqvi (Barrios Technology)
  
  UWB Tracking Software Development
Jianjun (David) Ni, National Research Council; Julia Gross, JSC/EV4
  
  UWB Two-Cluster AOA Tracking Prototype System Design
Jianjun (David) Ni, National Research Council; Phong Ngo, JSC/EV4
  
Aerospace Technology-III
  Chair: Veena Ambardar (Jacobs Sverdrup)
  
  Performance Evaluation of a UWB-RFID System for Potential Space Applications
Jianjun (David) Ni, National Research Council; Chau Phan, JSC/EV4
  
  Proven avionics architectural principles and non-deterministic algorithms (Download: PDF, 957.09 KB)
Randall H. Black, Honeywell Space Applications
  
Space Operations-II
  Chair: Kam Lulla (NASA JSC)
  
  Space vehicle propellant saving technique (Download: PPT, 322 KB)
Tatiana A. Dobrinskaya, United Space Alliance
  
  Obstacles to Cohesive Space Operations
Russell Strachcan, Independent Consultant
  
Special Topics-I
  Chair: Cindy Kurt (United Space Alliance)
  
  Reliability - An Essential Key to Extended Manned Space Mission Success
James Harold Mulberry, United Space Alliance
  
Special Topics-II
  Chair: Ed Jablonski (ARES Corporation)
  
  Paradigm Shifts \"Ripples In Space\"
Beatriz Kelly-Serrato, Jacobs Sverdrup
  
Lunar Missions-I
  Chair: Chet Vaughan (Boeing)
  
  Deciphering the mysterious “hypersurface” for translunar targeting
R. Leroy McHenry, Boeing BFS Independent Verification
  
Lunar Missions-II
  Chair: Antonio Oliva (Jacobs Sverdrup)
  
  Descent and Landing Trajectory Guidance for Lunar Missions
Ronald Sostaric, NASA / EG5
  
  Revisiting Apollo: Lunar Landing Guidance (Download: PPT, 714.5 KB)
Scott M. Nemeth, United Space Alliance
  
  Revisiting Apollo: Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) Guided Burn to the Moon (Download: PPT, 1.23 MB)
Earle Bentley, United Space Alliance
  
Lunar Missions-III
  Chair: Dan Brockway (United Space Alliance)
  
  Revisiting Apollo : Earth entry (Download: PPT, 1.51 MB)
John Burton, United Space Alliance
  
  Revisiting Apollo: Translunar and Lunar Orbit Navigation (Download: PPT, 939.5 KB)
Samuel Welsh, United Space Alliance
  
Aerospace Technology-IV
  Chair: Syri Koelfgen (NASA JSC)
  
  Mach-Lorentz Thrusters
Paul March, Barrios Technology
  
  Conceptual Design of a Shuttle-Derived Reusable Exploration Vehicle
Michael Engle, NASA/OM2
  
Aerospace Technology-V
  Chair: Kauser Imtiaz (Boeing)
  
  Inflatable structures: test results and development progress since TransHab
Christopher J. Johnson, NASA/JSC; Gary R. Spexarth, NASA/JSC
  
Aerospace Technology-VI
  Chair: Stephen Morgan (Boeing)
  
  NASA JSC SBIR STTR Programs
Dr. Kumar Krishen, NASA JSC
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