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Preface Patrick Besha, Editor Alexander Macdonald, Editor in The
EARLY DRAFT - NASAWATCH.COM/SPACEREF.COM Preface Patrick Besha, Editor Alexander MacDonald, Editor In the next decade, NASA will seek to expand humanity’s presence in space beyond the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit to a new habitation platform orbiting the moon. By the late 2020’s, astronauts will live and work far deeper in space than ever before. The push to cis-lunar orbit is part of a stepping-stone approach to extend our reach to Mars and beyond. This decision to explore ever farther destinations is a familiar pattern in the history of American space exploration. Another major pattern with historical precedent is the transition from public sector exploration to private sector commercialization. After the government has developed and demonstrated a capability in space, whether it be space-based communications or remote sensing, the private sector has realized its market potential. As new companies establish a presence, the government withdraws from the market. In 2015, we are once again at a critical stage in the development of space. The most successful long-term human habitation in space, orbiting the Earth continuously since 1998, is the International Space Station. Currently at the apex of its capabilities and the pinnacle of state-of-the-art space systems, it was developed through the investments and labors of over a dozen nations and is regularly re-supplied by cargo delivery services. Its occupants include six astronauts and numerous other organisms from Earth’s ecosystems from bacteria to plants to rats. Research is conducted on the spacecraft from hundreds of organizations worldwide ranging from academic institutions to large industrial companies and from high-tech start-ups to high-school science classes. -
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL Human Exploration and Operations Committee November 14, 2016 Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas MEETING MINUTES _____________________________________________ N. Wayne Hale, Interim Chair _____________________________________________ Bette Siegel, Executive Secretary Human Exploration and Operations Committee Meeting November 14, 2016 NASA Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations Committee Meeting Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas November 14, 2016 MEETING MINUTES TABLE OF CONTENTS Call to Order, Welcome, and Opening Remarks…………………………………………………………………………2 Status of Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate…………………………………………….2 Status of International Space Station………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Status Report from Research Subcommittee……………………………………………………………………………..5 Status of Human Research Program…………………………………………………………………………………………6 Status of Commercial Crew Certification…………………………………………………………………………………..7 Status of Exploration Systems Development…………………………………………………………………………….9 Public Comments…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...10 Discussion and Recommendations………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Appendix A – Agenda Appendix B – Committee Membership Appendix C – Meeting Attendees Appendix D – List of Presentation Material Minutes Prepared By: David J. Frankel, consultant P B Frankel, LLC 1 Human Exploration and Operations Committee Meeting November 14, 2016 NASA Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations Committee -
For Immediate Release Contact: Jonathon [email protected] ARTIST CREATES NEW UNIVERSE from URANIUM and CHEWING GUM Novel Technique
For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] ARTIST CREATES NEW UNIVERSE FROM URANIUM AND CHEWING GUM Novel Technique Puts Quantum Theory to Practical Use. Automated Universe Factories Planned for Government and Industry. San Francisco Gallery to Begin Selling $20 D.I.Y. Universe Kits on November 20th. Universes Provide Alternatives to Recession October 31, 2008 - Following decades of effort by engineers to build quantum supercomputers and to master quantum cryptography, today quantum physics has spawned a far more powerful technology. Applying theory developed by deceased Princeton physicist Hugh Everett III, and using little more than a piece of chewing gum, a plastic drinking straw, and a bit of uranium, San Francisco conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has constructed the first machine for fabricating all-inclusive universes. "It was a product of my anxiety," admits Mr. Keats. "I'd recently had a couple museum shows, yet I was feeling that no matter what I made, it was hardly comparable to the creation of the cosmos. And though no one talks about it, the same issue faced Picasso, Monet, even Michelangelo. The Big Bang has artists beat." Taking on the cosmos as a creative challenge, Mr. Keats began researching an aspect of quantum mechanics proposed by Dr. Everett in the 1950s and later refined by scientists including David Deutsch at Oxford and Wojciech Zurek at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Everett's theory addressed the question of how a subatomic particle can exist in a quantum superposition - for example being in two places at once - until someone observes it, at which point the observer finds it to be in only one place at a time. -
Strategic Assessment, Vol 16, No 1
Volume 16 | No. 1 | April 2013 Leading from Behind: The “Obama Doctrine” and US Policy in the Middle East | Sanford Lakoff Eleven Years to the Arab Peace Initiative: Time for an Israeli Regional Strategy | Ilai Alon and Gilead Sher The Emergence of the Sunni Axis in the Middle East | Yoel Guzansky and Gallia Lindenstrauss Islam and Democracy: Can the Two Walk Together? | Yoav Rosenberg The US and Israel on Iran: Whither the (Dis)Agreement? | Ephraim Kam Walking a Fine Line: Israel, India, and Iran | Yiftah S. Shapir Response Essays Civilian Casualties of a Military Strike in Iran | Ephraim Asculai If it Comes to Force: A Credible Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Military Option against Iran | Amos Yadlin, Emily B. Landau, and Avner Golov המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי THE INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURcITY STUDIES INCORPORATING THE JAFFEE bd CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Strategic ASSESSMENT Volume 16 | No. 1 | April 2013 CONTENTS Abstracts | 3 Leading from Behind: The “Obama Doctrine” and US Policy in the Middle East | 7 Sanford Lakoff Eleven Years to the Arab Peace Initiative: Time for an Israeli Regional Strategy | 21 Ilai Alon and Gilead Sher The Emergence of the Sunni Axis in the Middle East | 37 Yoel Guzansky and Gallia Lindenstrauss Islam and Democracy: Can the Two Walk Together? | 49 Yoav Rosenberg The US and Israel on Iran: Whither the (Dis)Agreement? | 61 Ephraim Kam Walking a Fine Line: Israel, India, and Iran | 75 Yiftah S. Shapir Response Essays Civilian Casualties of a Military Strike in Iran | 87 Ephraim Asculai If it Comes to Force: A Credible Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Military Option against Iran | 95 Amos Yadlin, Emily B. -
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Support to Commercial Space Launch
The Space Congress® Proceedings 2019 (46th) Light the Fire Jun 4th, 3:30 PM Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Support to Commercial Space Launch Thomas Ste. Marie Vice Commander, 45th Space Wing Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings Scholarly Commons Citation Ste. Marie, Thomas, "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Support to Commercial Space Launch" (2019). The Space Congress® Proceedings. 31. https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings/proceedings-2019-46th/presentations/31 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Space Congress® Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Support to Commercial Space Launch Colonel Thomas Ste. Marie Vice Commander, 45th Space Wing CCAFS Launch Customers: 2013 Complex 41: ULA Atlas V (CST-100) Complex 40: SpaceX Falcon 9 Complex 37: ULA Delta IV; Delta IV Heavy Complex 46: Space Florida, Navy* Skid Strip: NGIS Pegasus Atlantic Ocean: Navy Trident II* Black text – current programs; Blue text – in work; * – sub-orbital CCAFS Launch Customers: 2013 Complex 39B: NASA SLS Complex 41: ULA Atlas V (CST-100) Complex 40: SpaceX Falcon 9 Complex 37: ULA Delta IV; Delta IV Heavy NASA Space Launch System Launch Complex 39B February 4, 2013 Complex 46: Space Florida, Navy* Skid Strip: NGIS Pegasus Atlantic Ocean: Navy Trident II* Black text – current programs; -
Satellite Characterization, Classification, and Operational Assessment Via the Exploitation of Remote Photoacoustic Signatures
Satellite Characterization, Classification, and Operational Assessment Via the Exploitation of Remote Photoacoustic Signatures Justin Spurbeck1 The University of Texas at Austin Moriba K. Jah, Ph.D.2 The University of Texas at Austin Daniel Kucharski, Ph.D.3 Space Environment Research Centre & The University of Texas at Austin James C. S. Bennett, Ph.D.4 EOS Space Systems & Space Environment Research Centre James G. Webb, Ph.D.5 EOS Space Systems ABSTRACT Current active satellite maneuver detection techniques have the ability to detect maneuvers as quickly as fifteen minutes post maneuver for large delta-v when using angles only optical tracking. Medium to small magnitude burn detection times range from 6-24 hours or more. Small magnitude burns may be indistinguishable from natural perturbative effects if passive techniques are employed. Utilizing a photoacoustic signature detection scheme would allow for near real time maneuver detection and spacecraft parameter estimation. We define the acquisition of high rate photometry data as photoacoustic sensing because the data can be played back as an acoustic signal. Studying the operational frequency spectra, profile, and aural perception of an active satellite event such as a thruster fire or any on-board component activation will provide unique signature identifiers that support Resident Space Object (RSO) characterization efforts. A thruster fire induces vibrations in a satellite body which then modulate incident rays of light. If the reflected photon flux is sampled at a sufficient rate, the change in light intensity due to the propulsive event can be detected. Sensing vibrational mode changes allows for a direct timestamp of thruster fire events and thus makes possible the near real time estimation of spacecraft delta-v and maneuver type if coupled with active observations immediately post maneuver. -
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Anuradha Vikram anu(at)curativeprojects(dot)net About Anuradha (Curative Projects) Independent curator and scholar working with museums, galleries, journals, and websites to develop original curatorial work including exhibitions, public programs, and artist-driven publications. Consultant for strategic planning, institutional vision, content strategy, and diversity, equity, and inclusion work. Current engagements include Craft Contemporary, LA Freewaves, MhZ Curationist, LACE, X-TRA, X Artists’ Books, and UCLA Art Sci Center. Education M.A., Curatorial Practice, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2005 B.S., Studio Art, minor in Art History, New York University, New York, NY, 1997 Curated Exhibitions, Performances, and Public Art 2024 ▪ Co-curator, Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption (with Victoria Vesna), UCLA Art Sci Center at Center for Art of Performance, Getty Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x LA, dates TBC. 2023 ▪ Unmaking/Unmarking: Archival Poetics and Decolonial Monuments, LACE, Los Angeles, dates TBC. 2022 ▪ Jaishri Abichandani: Lotus-Headed Children, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, January 30–May 8. ▪ Exa(men)ing Masculinities, with Marcus Kuiland-Nazario and Anne Bray, LA Freewaves, Los Angeles State Historic Park, dates TBC. 2021 ▪ Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption, Ars Electronica 2021 Garden, September 8-12. ▪ Juror, FRESH 2021, SoLA Contemporary. August 28-October 9. 2020 ▪ Patty Chang: Milk Debt, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, October 19-January 22, 2021. Traveled to PioneerWorks, Brooklyn, March 19-May 23, 2021. ▪ Co-curator, Drive-By-Art (with Warren Neidich, Renee Petropoulos, and Michael Slenske). Citywide exhibition, Los Angeles, May 23-31. -
Les Fusées-Sondes De Sud-Aviation
Les fusées-sondes de Sud-Aviation Jean-Jacques Serra Commission Histoire de la 3AF Origines : Centre national d'études des télécommunications (CNET) • Loi du 4 mai 1944, validée le 29 janvier 1945 • Demandes d'études - ministères (Guerre, Air, Marine), - Radiodiffusion française, - Comité d’action scientifique de la Défense nationale,... • Etudes sur la propagation radioélectrique plusieurs départements (Tubes et hyperfréquence, Transmission, Laboratoire national de radioélectricité) • Recherches sur la troposphère et sur l’ionosphère Programme spatial du CNET lancé en 1957 selon deux directions : • participation au lancement de fusées-sondes pour l’exploration de la haute atmosphère • traitement scientifique des données fournies par les signaux émis par les satellites artificiels Samedis de l'Histoire de la 3AF Les fusées-sondes de Sud Aviation 15/10/2011 - 2 Contexte : Fusées-sondes existantes Fusées du CASDN pour l'AGI : • Véronique AGI : dérivée des Véronique N et NA (1952-1954) 60 kg à 210 km d'altitude • Monica IV et V : dérivées des Monica I à III (1955-1956) 15 kg à 80 km ou 140 km d'altitude Fusées de l'ONERA utilisées par le CEA : • Daniel : dérivé d'Ardaltex (1957-1959) 15 kg à 125 km d'altitude • Antarès : dérivé de l'engin d'essais de rentrée (1959-1961) 35 kg à 280 km d'altitude Samedis de l'Histoire de la 3AF Les fusées-sondes de Sud Aviation 15/10/2011 - 3 Définition des besoins du CNET Envoi d'une charge utile de 32 kg à 80 km, 120 km, 400 km et 1000 km d'altitude • fusées commandées à Sud Aviation • unité mobile construite -
Research on PSLV-C37 Launcher by ISRO
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 Index Copernicus Value (2016): 79.57 | Impact Factor (2017): 7.296 Research on PSLV-C37 Launcher by ISRO Aisha Nazeer Electronics Engineer, Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engg, D.C.E.T, Telangana, Hyderabad, India Abstract: This research is on PSLV-C37 which was the 39th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program and its 16th mission in the XL configuration. PSLV-C37 successfully carried and deployed a record 104 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits. Launched on 15 February 2017 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, it broke the earlier record of launching 37 satellites by a Russian Dnepr rocket on 19 June 2014. According to ISRO, the 101 international satellites were launched as part of a commercial arrangement between several firms and its commercial arm Antrix Corporation Limited, run under the auspices of the Indian Government's Department of Space. Keywords: ISRO, PSLV, Launcher, Satellite, earth-mapping, space record, space technology 1. Introduction On February 15 2017, PSLV-C37 carrying the 104 satellites lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an Centre in Sriharikota at 09:28 A.M as shown in Fig-2.1. 17 expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and Minutes later, the rocket started placing the satellites into operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) orbit, one by one with a time-frame of about 11 minutes. as shown in Fig.1.1. -
Euclid Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Instrument Ready to Draw a 3-D Map of Galaxies of the Distant Universe
NISP Press Release Euclid space telescope’s Near-Infrared instrument ready to draw a 3-D map of galaxies of the distant Universe ESA’s Euclid mission to study more than a billion galaxies is a step closer to launch as its two instruments are now built and fully tested, including the complex near Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) instrument delivered by an international consortium coordinated by France, with partners from Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Norway and the United States. Once Euclid is launched from French Guiana in 2022, the NISP instrument will feed the world largest near infrared wide field camera put into space and will deliver near-infrared photometry, spectra and redshifts of tens of million distant galaxies providing a detailed description of the 3-dimensional structure of the universe, and its evolution as function of look back time. Euclid has a 1.2-metre mirror telescope that is designed to work at both visible and near- infrared wavelengths. It will collect light from distant cosmic objects and feed it into NISP and the second instrument, the VISible instrument (VIS), both working in parallel and observing the exact same regions of the sky at each exposure of the telescope. Euclid will survey the 3-D distribution of galaxies and dark matter and map the geometry of the Universe with the aim of making accurate measurements of the mysterious Dark Matter and Dark Energy, which make up most of the cosmos. No-one yet knows what Dark Energy is, and Euclid will be the yet most powerful tool for cosmologists and astronomers looking to find out. -
GAO-21-574PR, Priority Open Recommendations
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 21, 2021 The Honorable Bill Nelson Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration 300 E Street Southwest Washington, DC 20546 Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dear Administrator Nelson: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) implementation of GAO’s recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2020, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NASA’s recommendation implementation rate was 97 percent. As of April 2021, NASA had 52 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our April 2020 letter, NASA has implemented one of our 12 open priority recommendations, and we closed two recommendations as not implemented. • In June 2020, NASA approved new cost and schedule commitments for the Space Launch System (SLS) program and documented them in an updated Agency Baseline Commitment decision memorandum. In preparing the decision memorandum, NASA calculated SLS program developmental cost growth using a baseline adjusted to reflect the scope of work currently planned for the first mission. These calculations indicate the SLS program's estimated development cost has increased by greater than 30 percent. For programs that exceed this percentage, Congress may authorize continuation of the program, and if authorized, the Administrator must submit a new baseline report for the program.3 We believe these agency actions satisfy the intent of our June 2019 recommendation for NASA to calculate the development cost growth for the SLS 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. -
GB-ASTRA 3B-Comsatbw-21Mai V
A BOOST FOR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES For its first launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two communications satellites: ASTRA 3B for the Luxembourg-based operator SES ASTRA, and COMSATBw-2 for Astrium as part of a contract with the German Ministry of Defense. The choice of Arianespace by leading space communications operators and manufacturers is clear international recognition of the company’s excellence in launch services. Because of its reliability and availability, the Arianespace launch system continues to set the global standard. Ariane 5 is the only commercial satellite launcher now on the market capable of simultaneously launching two payloads. Over the last two decades, Arianespace and SES have developed an exceptional relationship. ASTRA 3B will be the 33rd satellite from the SES group (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Bourse: SESG) to have chosen the European launcher. SES ASTRA operates the leading direct-to-home TV broadcast system in Europe, serving more than 125 million households via DTH and cable networks. ASTRA 3B was built by Astrium using a Eurostar E 3000 platform, and will weigh approximately 5,500 kg at launch. Fitted with 60 active Ku-band transponders and four Ka-band transponders, ASTRA 3B will be positioned at 23.5 degrees East. It will deliver high-power broadcast services across all of Europe, and offers a design life of 15 years. Astrium chose Arianespace for the launch of two military communications satellites, COMSATBw-1 and COMSATBw-2, as part of a satellite communications system supplied to the German Ministry of Defense. The first satellite in this family, COMSATBw-1, was launched by Arianespace in October 2009.