Lick Observatory Optical SETI: targeted search and new directions

Lick Observatory's Optical SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) program has been in regular operation for 4.5 years. We have observed 4,605 stars of spectral types F-M within 200 light-years of Earth. Occasionally, we have appended objects of special interest, such as stars with known planetary systems. We have observed 14 candidate signals ("triple coincidences"), all but one of which are explained by transient local difficulties. Additional observations of the remaining candidate have failed to confirm arriving pulse events. We now plan to proceed in a more economical manner by operating in an unattended drift scan mode. Between operational and equipment modifications, efficiency will more than double.     

A search for narrow band signals with SERENDIP II: a progress report

Commensal programs for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), carried out concurrently with conventional radio astronomical observing programs, can be an attractive and cost-effective means of exploring the large multidimensional search space intrinsic to this effort. Our automated commensal system, SERENDIP II, is a high resolution 131,072 channel spectrometer. It searches for 0.49 Hz signals in sequential 64,700 Hz bands of the IF signal from a radio telescope being used for an astronomical observation. Upon detection of a narrow band signal with power above a preset threshold, the frequency, power, time, and telescope direction are recorded for later study. The system has been tested at the Hat Creek Radio Astronomy Observatory 85 ft telescope and the NASA-JPL Deep Space Station (DSS 14) 64 m telescope. It is currently collecting data at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory 300 ft telescope.     

MX导弹第一级发动机

MX导弹第一级发动机在系统论证阶段后,现在正进入研制阶段。其设计原则是选择能使性能、成本和进度三者之间得到平衡的技术。由于MX导弹第一级发动机是为弹道导弹研制的迄今最大的固体动力装置,因而其设计具有普遍意义。     

两用防空兵器的发展

攻击性直升机和近程支援飞机数量的日益增加,已使在前沿作战地区使用防低空武器显得愈加重要.如果不加保护,机械化和步兵机动部队就可能在空袭中遭受毁灭性打击.在支援其他两用兵器时,多数情况下关键的防空由专用防空兵器来完成.然而,专用防空武器并不总是能提供完全安全的保护伞.战斗单元若具有一定的自卫防空能力,那末其战场生存能力将大大提高.但直到最近人们才试图利用两用防空兵器来改进整个防空能力.     

固体推进剂药柱结构安全裕度预测方法述评

当前,各工业公司用来预测固体推进剂药柱结构安全裕度的方法各不相同。虽然他们所用的计算公式均很相似,但针对具体问题算得的安全裕度值却是有正有负。事实上,这一问题已成为发动机药柱设计结构完整性评定工作产生混乱的根源。本文评论了影响安全裕度计算的各项参数,即破坏准则、结构分析方法、推进剂响应和破坏特性。本文还鉴别和讨论了与上述参数有关的技术问题,提出了今后研究工作中应予关注的问题。     

合成孔径雷达成像系统

本文介绍了十二种机载和航天器载合成孔径雷达成像系统，意在帮助潜在用户针对特殊应用对这些系统进行评估。     

无人机载毫米波成像雷达的三维合成孔径雷达概念研究

介绍了无人机载成像雷达的三维合成孔径雷达系统。此概念综合了机腹下方接收线阵和合成孔径雷达技术，并使用了线性调频（LFM）脉冲波形。该系统具有很多优点：对感兴趣区域三维成像；避免了所得图像上的阴影区并利于功率分配。本文阐述了在信号处理和实验方面的初步工作。已用仿真结果和采用Ka波段雷达进行的首次地面测量对该理论作了说明。     

自聚焦与超分辨率合成孔径雷达成像

构想了一种基于快速傅立叶变换（FFT）的用于合成孔径雷达（SAR）成像横向距离相位误差补偿的参量算法，称做MCCLEAN。这种算法可用做大范围场景SAR成像的一种单独的自聚焦方法。本文作者同时还给出了一种具有类似结构的算法，该算法可对大范围场景中感兴趣的小场景或小区域（ROI）同时进行自聚焦与超分辨率SAR成像，并给出了一些例子以说明这两种算法的性能。     

惯性顶级固体进推剂的研制与鉴定

本文介绍了惯性顶级(IUS)固体火箭发动机用的丁羟推进剂及推进剂/包复层/绝热层界而系统的研制情况及生产历程;介绍了根据发动机设计要求选择推进剂配方的情况和推进剂的主要性能;还介绍了研制期间对配方和工艺的某些小的修改及修改原因。本文亦讨论了推进剂/包复层/绝热层的界面系统,包括包复层化学的主要特性和控制迁移现象以提高粘结系统的完整性的方法。     

CASH 2021: commercial access and space habitation

Issues about commercialization of space have been a growing concern in the past decade for the space community. This paper focuses on the work from a team of 51 students attending the Summer Session Program of the International Space University in Bremen, Germany. CASH 2021 (Commercial Access and Space Habitation) documents a plan that identifies commercial opportunities for space utilization that will extend human presence in space, and will chart the way forward for the next 20 years. The group selected four commercial sectors that show the most promise for the future: tourism, entertainment, space system service, assembly and debris removal, and research and development/production. The content of this document presents the results of their research. Historical activities in each of the commercial sectors are reviewed along with the current market situation. To provide a coherent background for future commercialization possibilities a scenario has been developed. This scenario includes a postulated upon ideal future and includes social, political and economic factors that may affect the space industry over the timeline of the study. The study also presents a roadmap, within the limited optimistic scenario developed, for the successful commercialization of space leading to future human presence in space. A broad range of commercially viable opportunities, not only within the current limits of the International Space Station, but also among the many new developments that are expected by 2021 are discussed.