NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Automated Rendezvous and Capture
System Development and Simulation for
NASA – 25
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Decision Analysis Using Value Focused
Thinking to Select Renewable Energy
Sources – 129
Renewable Energy Analysis for Strategic
Responsiveness 2 (REASR 2) – 137
REPLACING
Age Replacement and Service Rate
Control of Stochastically Degrading
Queues – 223
Replacement of Chromium Electroplating
on C-2, E-2, P-3 and C-130 Propeller
Hub Components Using HVOF Thermal
Spray Coatings – 14
RESEARCH AIRCRAFT
Scientific Research in Aircraft
Mechanical/Thermal Technology – 94
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
America’s Space Launch Capabilities
– 267
Cell Science and Cell Biology Research
at MSFC: Summary – 161
Current Thrusts in Ground Robotics: Programs,
Systems, Technologies, Issues
– 212
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the 2002-
2003 NASA SCIence Files(TM) Program
– 279
Final Report for LDRD Project ‘A New
Era of Research in
Aerosol/Cloud/Climate Interactions at
LLNL’ – 149
Flight Hardware Development and Research
at MSFC for Optimizing Success
on the International Space Station – 67
If Our Robots Are So Smart, Why Aren’t
We All Rich? (The Challenges of Integrating
Autonomous Robots) – 212
Program for the Increased Participation
of Minorities in NASA-Related Research
– 336
RCRC Scientific Review Committee
Meeting – 240
Science and Technology Review: National
Ignition Facility Comes to
Life – 33
Science and Technology Review: Riding
the Waves of High-Power Computing
– 291
Science and Technology Review: Semiconductors
at the Nanoscale – 238
Towards an Analytical Framework for
Evaluating the Impact of Technology on
Future Contexts – 228
RESEARCH FACILITIES
An Overview of the Materials Science
Research at the Marshall Space Flight
Center Electrostatic Levitator Facility and
Recent CDDF Efforts – 93
Biotechnology Protein Expression and
Purification Facility – 161
Impact of the Grounding of the Shuttle
Fleet – 277
Investigation into the Role of Initial Conditions
on Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities by
Low Atwood Experiments and Simulations
– 235
National Ignition Facility (NIF) Control
Network Design and Analysis – 263
Science and Technology Review: National
Ignition Facility Comes to
Life – 33
Target Diagnostic Technology Research
and Development for the LLNL ICF and
HED Programs – 260
RESERVES
May 2003 Status of Forces Survey of
Reserve Component Members: Tabulations
of Responses – 281
RESERVOIRS
Numerical Simulation of CO2 Leakage
from a Geologic Disposal Reservoir, Including
Transitions from Super- to Sub-
Critical Conditions, and Boiling of Liquid
CO2 – 139
RESIDUES
Field-Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (FP-
XRF) Determinations of Metals in Post-
Blast Ordnance Residues – 53
RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING
High Temperature Transfer Molding Resins:
Preliminary Composite Properties of
PETI-375 – 40
RESINS
Modeling the VARTM Composite Manufacturing
Process – 61
RESONATORS
Methods of Measuring Lock-In Strength
and their Application to the Case of Flow
over a Cavity Locking into a Single Side
Branch Resonator – 88
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Technology Needs for Far-Infrared, Submillimeter,
and Millimeter Missions
– 306
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
A Study of Information Exchange Between
USA Air Force Bases and Their
Surrounding Communities – 283
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Quantitative Characterization of Pulmonary
Pressure-Volume Curve for Improved
Care of Acute Lung Injury – 177
RESTORATION
Wavelet-Based Bayesian Methods for
Image Analysis and Automatic Target
Recognition – 225
RHENIUM ALLOYS
Basic and Applied Materials Science Research
Efforts at MSFC Germane to
NASA Goals – 289
RIBONUCLEIC ACIDS
New Programs Utilizing Light Scattering
and Flow Imaging Techniques for Macromolecular
Crystal Growth and Fluid Dynamics
Studies – 264
RISK
Effect of Modern C2 Assets on Risk
Management of Joint Operational Warfare
– 73
The Unspoken Consequence of Command,
Control Communications Technology:
Enhanced Micromanagement by
Risk- Averse Commanders – 75
RIVERS
Ashtubula River, Ohio, Sedimentation
Study. Report 3 Erosion Experiments on
Bed Sediments – 244
ROBOT CONTROL
Design and Evaluation of a Multi-Robot
Control Interface – 195
ROBOTICS
A General Architecture for Classical Conditioning
of Perceptual-Motor Sequences
– 211
A Technique for Coordinating Autonomous
Robots – 214
Automated Rendezvous and Capture
System Development and Simulation for
NASA – 25
Current Thrusts in Ground Robotics: Programs,
Systems, Technologies, Issues
– 212
Early User Appraisal of the MDARS Interior
Robot – 189
Enhancing Functionality and Autonomy
in Man- Portable Robots – 213
Evolutionary Space Communications Architectures
for Human/Robotic Exploration
and Science Missions – 71
If Our Robots Are So Smart, Why Aren’t
We All Rich? (The Challenges of Integrating
Autonomous Robots) – 212
Internet Tools for Sharing Unmanned Vehicle
Information – 283
Radar-Based Intruder Detection for a Robotic
Security System – 107
Telerobotic Requirements for Sensing,
Navigation, and Communications – 13
ROBOTS
A Technique for Coordinating Autonomous
Robots – 214
An Evolutionary Strategy For Achieving
Autonomous Navigation – 208
Autonomous Visual Control of a Mobile
Robot – 210
Command Control for Many-Robot Systems
– 211
Controlling Multiple Security Robots in a
Warehouse Environment – 210
Cost-Optimization of Many-Robot Systems
– 211
Current Technical Research Issues of
Autonomous Robots Employed in Combat
– 212
Design and Evaluation of a Multi-Robot
Control Interface – 195
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