凯夫拉49/环氧复合材料的老化和质量保证

本文总结了凯夫拉49/环氧复合材料使用寿命研究的主要成果,提出了材料的验收标准和制造中应遵循的一些防护措施。     

飞机动态机动指标测量

表征飞机在空中格斗时动态机动性能的新参数，是完成任务所需时间和机动的空间方位的函数，虽然这些参数是针对指向即发射空战和滚转反应机动提出的，但是，这种方法适用于大部分空战机动。该参数可用于预测空战效果和一架飞机相对另一架飞机时间优势。     

高级靶场测量飞机

本文描述了高短靶场测量飞机(ARIA)及其目前和未来在全球范围内保障试验和鉴定活动的计划。     

遥远星系中的谜

天文学家在最近出版的《天文学与天体物理学》中指出，三个在可见宇宙边缘的人们熟悉的星系并非像以前认为的那样，完全是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的。由欧洲庞大太空望远镜系统摄取的这三个射电源的最新的图像显示，这些星系中藏匿着黑洞。 这三个星系最早是由哈勃太空望远镜 (HDF)于 1996年发现的。通过对宇宙中一块好像是一臂的距离以外的沙子大小的、看起来空洞无物的空间目不转睛地观察， HDF小组的天文学家们发现了隐藏在宇宙中星系的令人惊异的多样性，这些星系的寿命为从宇宙形成到现在时间的一半多。天文学家马…     

运用进化算法优化中等PRF雷达的脉冲重复频率

本文运用进化算法选择最佳脉冲重复频率（PRF）组，在中PRF雷达的模型中使距离-多普勒盲区最小。介绍了8个和9个PRF的两个方案，该算法能确保得到的所有结果是完全可解码的并且没有盲速。我们考虑了旁瓣杂波的详细影响以及在以中等PRF模式运行的实际机载火控雷达中影响雷达PRF选择的多个技术因素。     

交联双基粘合剂催化作用的研究

由美国海军发起,赫克利斯公司和赛奥科尔公司正联合研究一种负催化剂,三苯基铋(TPB)的化学性能,因它与交联双基(XLDB)推进剂的固化有关。测定了酸度(酸强度 pKa 和酸浓度)的作用,确定了活性 TPB 衍生物对酸的稳定性和反应性。研究了水作为催化剂可能的减活化剂的影响。另外,除了酸度能导致活化,还发现过氧化氢也能使 TPB 活化。PGA 的空气氧化是过氧化氢可能的来源,使用付利叶变换的红外光谱(FTIR)测定了推进剂组分对 TPB 催化的异氰酸酯——醇反应的延滞时间和固化速率的影响。     

Remote sensing of planetary properties and biosignatures on extrasolar terrestrial planets

The major goals of NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) and the European Space Agency's Darwin missions are to detect terrestrial-sized extrasolar planets directly and to seek spectroscopic evidence of habitable conditions and life. Here we recommend wavelength ranges and spectral features for these missions. We assess known spectroscopic molecular band features of Earth, Venus, and Mars in the context of putative extrasolar analogs. The preferred wavelength ranges are 7-25 microns in the mid-IR and 0.5 to approximately 1.1 microns in the visible to near-IR. Detection of O2 or its photolytic product O3 merits highest priority. Liquid H2O is not a bioindicator, but it is considered essential to life. Substantial CO2 indicates an atmosphere and oxidation state typical of a terrestrial planet. Abundant CH4 might require a biological source, yet abundant CH4 also can arise from a crust and upper mantle more reduced than that of Earth. The range of characteristics of extrasolar rocky planets might far exceed that of the Solar System. Planetary size and mass are very important indicators of habitability and can be estimated in the mid-IR and potentially also in the visible to near-IR. Additional spectroscopic features merit study, for example, features created by other biosignature compounds in the atmosphere or on the surface and features due to Rayleigh scattering. In summary, we find that both the mid-IR and the visible to near-IR wavelength ranges offer valuable information regarding biosignatures and planetary properties; therefore both merit serious scientific consideration for TPF and Darwin.     

Spore UV and acceleration resistance of endolithic Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis isolates obtained from Sonoran desert basalt: implications for lithopanspermia

Bacterial spores have been used as model systems for studying the theory of interplanetary transport of life by natural processes such as asteroidal or cometary impacts (i.e., lithopanspermia). Because current spallation theory predicts that near-surface rocks are ideal candidates for planetary ejection and surface basalts are widely distributed throughout the rocky planets, we isolated spore-forming bacteria from the interior of near-subsurface basalt rocks collected in the Sonoran desert near Tucson, Arizona. Spores were found to inhabit basalt at very low concentrations (相似文献