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LOCOMOTIVES
21st Century Locomotive Technology:
Quarterly Technical Status Report
26 – 71
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
Logistics: Supply Based or Distribution
Based? – 157
LOGISTICS
Logistics: Supply Based or Distribution
Based? – 157
Using SCOR as a Supply Chain Management
Framework for Government
Agency Contract Requirements – 179
LONG DURATION SPACE FLIGHT
Evidence Based Review: Risk of Cardiac
Rhythm Problems During Spaceflight
– 128
LOSSES
National Transportation Safety Board Aircraft
Accident Report: Loss of Control on
Approach, Colgan Air, Inc., Operating as
Continental Connection Flight 3407,
Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, Near
Clarence Center, New York, on February
12, 2009 – 3
LOW COST
Low-Cost Propellant Launch to Earth Orbit
from a Tethered Balloon – 22
LOW EARTH ORBITS
An Assessment of the Current LEO Debris
Environment and the Need for Active
Debris Removal – 197
Low-Cost Propellant Launch to Earth Orbit
from a Tethered Balloon – 22
Modeling of LEO Orbital Debris Populations
in Centimeter and Millimeter Size
Regimes – 22
Tracking Data Certification for the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter – 24
LOW FREQUENCIES
Predictability and Diagnosis of Low Frequency
Climate Processes in the Pacific
– 119
LOW NOISE
Ultra-Wideband Time-Difference-of-
Arrival High Resolution 3D Proximity
Tracking System – 25
LOW VOLTAGE
A Few Examples of Spacecraft Anomalies
Attributed to Transient Voltages and
Currents Issues – 30
LUMINAIRES
Observed Minimum Illuminance Threshold
for Night Market Vendors in Kenya
who use LED Lamps – 88
LUMINOSITY
Luminosity Issues in 2009 100 GeV Polarized
Proton Run – 166
Truncation of the Inner Accretion Disk
Around a Black Hole at Low Luminosity
– 192
LUNAR BASES
Lunar Outpost Life Support Architecture
Study Based on a High-Mobility Exploration
Scenario – 200
LUNAR COMPOSITION
Examining the Uppermost Surface of the
Lunar Regolith – 200
LUNAR ENVIRONMENT
Analysis of Solar-Heated Thermal Wadis
to Support Extended-Duration Lunar Exploration
– 52
Improving Realism in Reduced Gravity
Simulators – 201
LUNAR EXPLORATION
Analysis of Solar-Heated Thermal Wadis
to Support Extended-Duration Lunar Exploration
– 52
Lunar Daylight Exploration – 198
Robotic Lunar Lander Development
Project Status – 29
LUNAR GRAVITATION
Effect of Changing the Center of Gravity
on Human Performance in Simulated Lunar
Gravity – 134
LUNAR LANDING MODULES
Robotic Lunar Landers for Science and
Exploration – 196
LUNAR MAPS
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary
Geologic Mappers, San Antonio,
TX, 2009 – 102
Geologic Mapping of the Lunar South
Pole, Quadrangle LQ-30: Volcanic History
and Stratigraphy of Schroedinger
Basin – 110
Lunar Geologic Mapping: A Preliminary
Map of a Portion of the LQ-10 (‘Marius’)
Quadrangle – 102
LUNAR ORBITER
Tracking Data Certification for the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter – 24
LUNAR ROCKS
Development and Testing of High Surface
Area Iridium Anodes for Molten Oxide
Electrolysis – 196
Examining the Uppermost Surface of the
Lunar Regolith – 200
NASA Lunar Regolith Simulant Program
– 200
Solar Energy Systems for Lunar Oxygen
Generation – 31
Thermal Properties of Lunar Regolith
Simulants – 197
LUNAR SOIL
Examining the Uppermost Surface of the
Lunar Regolith – 200
LUNAR SURFACE
Analysis of Solar-Heated Thermal Wadis
to Support Extended-Duration Lunar Exploration
– 52
Examining the Uppermost Surface of the
Moon – 199
Geologic Mapping of the Lunar South
Pole, Quadrangle LQ-30: Volcanic History
and Stratigraphy of Schroedinger
Basin – 110
Lunar Geologic Mapping: A Preliminary
Map of a Portion of the LQ-10 (‘Marius’)
Quadrangle – 102
Lunar Outpost Life Support Architecture
Study Based on a High-Mobility Exploration
Scenario – 200
Miniaturized Environmental Scanning
Electron Microscope for In Situ Planetary
Studies – 198
NASA Lunar Regolith Simulant Program
– 200
Proposed Schematics for an Advanced
Development Lunar Portable Life Support
System – 133
Pulling Marbles from a Bag: Deducing
the Regional Impact History of the SPA
Basin from Impact-Melt Rocks – 83
Robotic Lunar Lander Development
Project Status – 29
Thermal Control System for a Small,
Extended Duration Lunar Surface Science
Platform – 29
MACH NUMBER
Slot Nozzle Effects for Reduced Sonic
Boom on a Generic Supersonic Wing
Section – 2
MACHINE LEARNING
Automata learning algorithms and processes
for providing more complete systems
requirements specification by scenario
generation, CSP-based syntaxoriented
model construction, and R2D2C
system requirements transformation
– 145
MAGNESIUM
Linear Thermal Expansion Measurements
of Lead Magnesium Niobate
(PMN) Electroceramic Material for the
Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph
– 189
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
Stochastic Ion Heating in a Field-
Reversed Configuration Geometry by
Rotating Magnetic Fields – 175
MAGNETIC FIELD RECONNECTION
Formation of Plasmoid Chains in Magnetic
Reconnection – 174
MAGNETIC FIELDS
Magnetic-Field-Assisted Terahertz
Quantum Cascade Laser Operating up to
225 K – 162
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC WAVES
Observed Coupling Between the International
Space Station PCU Plasma and a
FPMU Langmuir Probe Facilitated by the
Geomagnetic Field – 24
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
Formation of Plasmoid Chains in Magnetic
Reconnection – 174
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