Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Volume 39 April 6, 2001

transfer function that would cover all cable types (random, twisted, or coaxial), sizes (gauge number and length), and layouts (distance
from the ground plane) is not practical.
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Comparison; Electromagnetic Interference; Aerospace Systems
20010022504 Foreign Applied Sciences Assessment Center, McLean, VA USA
FASAC Technical Assessment Report: Soviet Space Science Research
Lanzerotti, L. J., Bell Telephone Labs., Inc., USA; Henry, Richard C., Johns Hopkins Univ., USA; Klein, Harold P., Santa Clara
Univ., USA; Masursky, Harold, Geological Survey, USA; Paulikas, George A., Aerospace Corp., USA; Scaf, Frederick L., TRW,
Inc., USA; Soffen, Gerald A., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Terzian, Yervant, Cornell Univ., USA; Jan. 31, 1986;
218p; In English; Sponsored in part by USA Government
Report No.(s): FASAC-TAR-3060; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A10, Hardcopy; A03, Microfiche
This report is the work of a panel of eight US scientists who surveyed and assessed Soviet research in the spare sciences. All
of the panelists were very familiar with Soviet research through their knowledge of the published scientific literature and personal
contacts with Soviet and other foreign colleagues. In addition, all of the panelists reviewed considerable additional open literature--scientific,
and popular, including news releases. The specific disciplines of Soviet space science research examined in detail
for the report were: solar-terrestrial research, lunar and planetary research, space astronomy and astrophysics, and, life sciences.
The Soviet Union has in the past carried out an ambitious program in lunar exploration and, more recently, in studies of the inner
planets, Mars and especially Venus. The Soviets have provided scientific data about the latter planet which has been crucial for
studies of the planet’s evolution. Future programs envision an encounter with Halley’s Comet, in March 1986, and missions to
Mars and asteroids. The Soviet programs in the life sciences and solar-terrestrial research have been long-lasting and systematically
pursued. Much of the ground-based and space-based research in these two disciplines appears to be motivated by the requirement
to establish long-term human habitation in near-Earth space. The Soviet contributions to new discoveries and understanding
in observational space astronomy and astrophysics have been few. This is in significant contrast to the very excellent theoretical
work contributed by Soviet scientists in this discipline.
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Spaceborne Astronomy; Lunar Exploration; Life Sciences; Astrophysics; U.S.S.R. Space Program
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20010022248 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
Linking Science Analysis with Observation Planning: A Full Circle Data Lifecycle
Jones, Jeremy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Grosvenor, Sandy, Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc., USA; Wolf, Karl,
Commerce One, Inc., USA; Li, Connie, Commerce One, Inc., USA; Koratkar, Anuradha, Space Telescope Science Inst., USA;
[2001]; 1p; In English; Astronomical Data Analysis, 29 Jul. - 3 Aug. 2001, San Diego, CA, USA; Sponsored by International
Society for Optical Engineering, USA; No Copyright; Avail: Issuing Activity; Abstract Only
A clear goal of the Virtual Observatory (VO) is to enable new science through analysis of integrated astronomical archives.
An additional and powerful possibility of the VO is to link and integrate these new analyses with planning of new observations.
by providing tools that can be used for observation planning in the VO, the VO will allow the data lifecycle to come full circle:
from theory to observations to data and back around to new theories and new observations. The Scientist’s Expert Assistant (SEA)
Simulation Facility (SSF) is working to combine the ability to access existing archives with the ability to model and visualize new
observations. Integrating the two will allow astronomers to better use the integrated archives of the VO to plan and predict the
success of potential new observations. The full circle lifecycle enabled by SEA can allow astronomers to make substantial leaps
in the quality of data and science returns on new observations. Our paper will examine the exciting potential of integrating archival
analysis with new observation planning, such as performing data calibration analysis on archival images and using that analysis
to predict the success of new observations, or performing dynamic signal-to-noise analysis combining historical results with modeling
of new instruments or targets. We will also describe how the development of the SSF is progressing and what has been its
successes and challenges.
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Observatories; Virtual Reality; Simulation
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