Fiscal Year 1997 NASA Authorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, April 17, 1996, Volume 4 |
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... satellites and a few small satellites I would have to be about 400 years old to be saying that . So there is one large difference between small satellites and large satellites which is the speed which you can bring them to market , and ...
... satellites and a few small satellites I would have to be about 400 years old to be saying that . So there is one large difference between small satellites and large satellites which is the speed which you can bring them to market , and ...
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... small satellites , things that cost .1 percent or .5 percent of the cost of a normal con- ventional satellite . So we're talking a hundred thousand dollars to a million dollars or a couple of million dollars . In my mind the NASA road ...
... small satellites , things that cost .1 percent or .5 percent of the cost of a normal con- ventional satellite . So we're talking a hundred thousand dollars to a million dollars or a couple of million dollars . In my mind the NASA road ...
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... small satellite and space transportation company AeroAstro , and the International Small Satellite Organization ( ISSO ) . He has been responsible for development of 25 miniature satellites ranging from 2.5 to 250 pounds ( see attached ...
... small satellite and space transportation company AeroAstro , and the International Small Satellite Organization ( ISSO ) . He has been responsible for development of 25 miniature satellites ranging from 2.5 to 250 pounds ( see attached ...
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... Small Satellite Development Experience Summary : Dr. Rick Fleeter Satellite Mass Number Launch Name ( pounds ) ... Satellites : 25 Total Cost : $ 25.7M Average Cost Per Satellite : $ 1.1M Some History : The first satellites were of ...
... Small Satellite Development Experience Summary : Dr. Rick Fleeter Satellite Mass Number Launch Name ( pounds ) ... Satellites : 25 Total Cost : $ 25.7M Average Cost Per Satellite : $ 1.1M Some History : The first satellites were of ...
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... small satellite were limited . But by 1960 useful satellites were launched weighing less than the smallest televisions of that day about 100 pounds . Early satellites performed crude earth imaging , transoceanic voice and television ...
... small satellite were limited . But by 1960 useful satellites were launched weighing less than the smallest televisions of that day about 100 pounds . Early satellites performed crude earth imaging , transoceanic voice and television ...
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Page 158 - DR. JERRY GREY Dr. Jerry Grey received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and his Master's in Engineering Physics from Cornell University ; his PhD in Aeronautics and Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. His early career included stints as a full-time Instructor of Thermodynamics at Cornell, an engine development engineer at Fairchild, a Senior Engineer at Marquardt, and a hypersonic aerodynamicist at the GALOIT 5-inch Hypersonic Wind Tunnel.
Page 158 - Transportation (as a member of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee), the Department of Energy (as a member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board), and the US Air Force, as well as over thirty industrial organizations and laboratories. He was...
Page 1 - US House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:07 am, in room 2318, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 158 - Sciences for 15 years, where he taught courses in fluid mechanics, propulsion, and nuclear powerplants and served as Director of the Nuclear Propulsion Research Laboratory. He formed the Greyrad Corporation in 1959 and was its full-time President from 1967 to 1971.
Page 38 - Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The gentleman's time has expired. The gentleman from California, Mr.
Page 158 - Director of Aerospace and Science Policy for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA...
Page 158 - ... spacecraft and aircraft propulsion, power generation and conversion, plasma diagnostics, instrumentation, and the applications of technology. He has served as consultant to the US Congress (as Chairman of the Office of Technology Assessment's Solar Advisory Panel and several space advisory panels), the United Nations (as Deputy Secretary-General of the Second UN Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space...
Page 102 - Mr. WOOD. The committee will be in order. Let the record show that the members present are Mr. Walter, Mr. Harrison, Mr. McSweeney, Mr. Moulder, Mr. Case, and Mr. Wood. The Chair makes the announcement that one of the witnesses sub' penaed to appear here today, Jackie Robinson, is unable to come.
Page 93 - I would like to know, and I think the committee would like to know...
Page 113 - Dr. Lanzerotti's principal research interests have included space plasmas, geophysics, and engineering problems related to the impact of space processes on space and terrestrial technologies. He...