Columbia--aftermath of a tragedy

The effects of the Columbia STS-107 loss on the space program are reviewed. Discussion focuses on the International Space Station and the effects of the stand-down after the accident.     

极区中层惯性重力波VFH雷达观测的统计特征

本文采用ＳＯＵＳＹ ＶＨＦ雷达１９８７年６月２２日至６月２９日在挪威ＡｎｄΦｙａ（６９°Ｎ，１０°Ｅ）的观测数据，研究中层惯性重力波传播的统计特征，２１个周期为数小时的准单色波例子，在垂直方向上有确定的相位移动，表明它们是惯性内重力波，通过分析波相关水平扰动速度的矢端曲线，获得了水平传播矢量的大小和方向的分布，大多数（７６％）波具有西向传播的波矢分量，似乎与中层顶具有强的西向背景风有关；水平传播速     

维修业各方积极推动数字化维修记录的发展

目前,全球约90%的民航飞机维修记录均采用纸质文档,但由于纸质文档具有易丢失、难保存、无法检索等弊端,导致飞机维修履历的管理难度增大,而数字化维修记录则可有效解决这一问题。目前,维修业从传统纸质文档到电子文档的变革仍处于早期发展阶段,面临着数据标准化、数据存储与访问、信息安全等多方面问题。     

客舱升级改装过程中面临的测试问题变得越来越复杂

客舱升级改装逐渐成为各航空公司关注的焦点，随之而来的有关测试也变得越来越复杂，测试主要专注于易燃性、碰撞动力学、毒性以及飞机对无线信号的敏感性等方面。     

高等院校的研究推进维修业的发展

<正> 一些高等院校在研的创新性先进技术,将使航空维修业发生巨变,这其中包括先进的监控系统、复合材料的修理和先进检测技术等。未来10年,飞机的监控、修理以及检测方法有可能发生根本性变化,它涉及机载系统可靠性的重新定义、复合材料问题的解决方案以及金属加工技术等领域。     

Intelligent control of a planning system for astronaut training

This work intends to design, analyze and solve, from the systems control perspective, a complex, dynamic, and multiconstrained planning system for generating training plans for crew members of the NASA-led International Space Station. Various intelligent planning systems have been developed within the framework of artificial intelligence. These planning systems generally lack a rigorous mathematical formalism to allow a reliable and flexible methodology for their design, modeling, and performance analysis in a dynamical, time-critical, and multiconstrained environment. Formulating the planning problem in the domain of discrete-event systems under a unified framework such that it can be modeled, designed, and analyzed as a control system will provide a self-contained theory for such planning systems. This will also provide a means to certify various planning systems for operations in the dynamical and complex environments in space. The work presented here completes the design, development, and analysis of an intricate, large-scale, and representative mathematical formulation for intelligent control of a real planning system for Space Station crew training. This planning system has been tested and used at NASA-Johnson Space Center     

选择空间运输系统助推发动机的方法学

在设计方案评定应用中以参量性寿命周期费用(LCC)为主要的评估标准.阐述了最近研究并成功地应用在对未来重复使用的空间运输系统助推火箭的液体火箭发动机评估上的方法学.讨论了用以LCC为基础的原理评估的定量方法,并考虑了所有的次要评定因素和费用评估关系(CER).讨论了研制工作中的技术、费用和进度,及操作和维护寿命期中的风险对LCC的影响.最后,严格地研讨了将这一以LCC为依据的定量评估方法论用作决策支持工具的优缺点,并将它与作者过去用于相似用途的纯定性评定方法作了比较.本方法学虽是一项具体应用,但也可以作为一类决策模型用于其他的机械和电子系统上,例如运输、空间站和高级武器系统用的这类系统上.     

NASA's global reach

The editorial examines opportunities for change in NASA's paradigm for international partnerships in space exploration.     

Measurements of radiation exposure in civil aircraft

The radiation exposures on 12 flights of German airlines were measured with an active dosemeter based on two silicon semiconductors. The dependence on the date, altitude and route of the flights was studied. Measured dose rates and preliminary dose equivalent rates of the individual flights are given and compared with model calculations.