香港新机场道面设计思想

位于赤腊角的香港新机场采纳了通用的道面设计原理，这将确保道面的长期性能。设计充分考虑了下一代飞机（Ｆ级）的推广使用，同时也根据现场条件和当地可利用的材料作了适度调整。本文介绍了机场道面设计过程中考虑的几个问题。     

Prediction of solar particle event proton doses using early dose rate measurements

A methodology for predicting solar particle event doses using Bayesian inference is being developed. As part of this development, we have tested criteria for categorization of new solar particle events (SPE) using calculated asymptotic doses and dose rates for the 22 SPEs that occurred in 2001. In 9 out of 22 events, our criteria for categorization would have over-predicted the range of asymptotic doses in which the tested events would have fallen. In two cases, our methodology under-predicted the dose range in which the event would have fallen. In order to better predict a new event's group category and thus, to better restrict the Bayesian inference predictive model parameter space, we have reexamined our dose rate criteria for categorization of new events. We report the updating of the grouping criteria using data from the 22 SPEs of 2001, as well as five additional SPEs. Using the revised grouping criteria, we present an analysis of group categorization prediction results for the first ten SPEs of 2002.     

Mitigation of the impact of terrestrial contamination on organic measurements from the Mars Science Laboratory

The objective of the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which is planned to follow the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix lander to the surface of Mars, is to explore and assess quantitatively a site on Mars as a potential habitat for present or past life. Specific goals include an assessment of the past or present biological potential of the target environment and a characterization of its geology and geochemistry. Included in the 10 investigations of the MSL rover is the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite, which is designed to obtain trace organic measurements, measure water and other volatiles, and measure several light isotopes with experiment sequences designed for both atmospheric and solid-phase samples. SAM integrates a gas chromatograph, a mass spectrometer, and a tunable laser spectrometer supported by sample manipulation tools both within and external to the suite. The sub-part-per-billion sensitivity of the suite for trace species, particularly organic molecules, along with a mobile platform that will contain many kilograms of organic materials, presents a considerable challenge due to the potential for terrestrial contamination to mask the signal of martian organics. We describe the effort presently underway to understand and mitigate, wherever possible within the resource constraints of the mission, terrestrial contamination in MSL and SAM measurements.     

硬X射线调制望远镜卫星载荷数据存储系统设计与验证

针对X射线科学数据全天时、种类多、数据率变化大、更高准确性和可靠性的要求,研制了硬X射线调制望远镜(HXMT)卫星数据存储系统(DSS),用于实现对有效载荷和卫星平台数据的接收、处理、记录、存储以及回放。文章在给出了数据存储系统功能需求分析的基础上,对工作模式灵活多样和在轨长期工作下的高可靠性存储这两个最主要特点的设计和验证情况进行了说明。通过软件注错、辐照试验,以及在轨长期连续运行结果表明:HXMT卫星的数据存储系统灵活性高、可靠性好、运行稳定,完全满足用户需求,对HXMT卫星科学目标的实现奠定了基础,可为后续航天器数据存储系统的设计和验证提供参考。