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... the systems worked pretty well. There were a few anomalies along the way, some the hardware, some the flight crew. Not always came out that the—some from the flight crew ... contractor didn't have the responsibility for the onboard software. He had responsibility for the hardware, but the software was GFE government furnished equipment , by the government, but with IBM as ... the way the program was. For instance, if you wanted to demonstrate that the onboard hardware/software worked, just worked itself, then you had to put together that mockup. If you ...

... supplies, computers, limbs, end effectors, wiring harnesses, ... '''3) market choice '''- use commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, software, and standards - e.g., web-based packet communications, standard interfaces (e.g., USB, Firewire ... comprehensive system of integrated capabilities that are compatible with existing earth-based communications, uses common hardware with them and is both expandable and upgraded by nature. '''Navigation ''' Whereas nautical navigation often ...

... was a JSC employee all these years, but I was always out there building the hardware and doing the QA and so forth. Anyway, I got to California, and it was ... great. '''Hobokan:''' Yes. Russ came and was worried about testing and other people testing your hardware. Now, that’s a big thing, you know. NASA spends a lot of money on ... environment wasn’t good for that. Now, you got some people here that are working hardware and structure that are doing a good job, and that’s the X-38 people ...

... of challenges with structural loads, thermal impacts based on attitudes. We have a lot of hardware. When you add on to it, you’re changing what the vehicle looks like. So ... this way, this is what it’s going to cost you.” Because ultimately all the hardware belongs to the program or belongs to the international partners. They get the final say in what you do with the hardware, but they usually allow us to execute according to our knowledge and background. But for ...

... ) in Pasadena, Calif., and the agency's station program proposed adapting leftover QuikScat hardware in combination with new hardware for use on the space station. ISS-RapidScat represents a low-cost approach ... manager at JPL. "By leveraging the capabilities of the International Space Station and recycling leftover hardware, we will acquire good science data at a fraction of the investment needed to launch ...

... in growth kinetics and macromolecular transport rates). As a result, space hardware was developed to optimize crystal quality. The hardware allows experienced crystallographers to observe microgravity crystal results through a microscope following ... I am also an Optometrist, NASA added some special vision experiments along with optometric flight hardware (including a tonometer to measure intraocular pressure and a funduscopic camera so that I could ...

... testing and preflight docking system compatibility tests were to be completed during the winter, experiment hardware was to be qualified by early spring, and flight readiness activities were to be completed ... module and system would remain unused. Acquisition cost of the hardware was $870 million. With the conclusion of the programs, the hardware would be stored. Total storage costs per year would be ...

... special tools to assemble or dismantle structures or equipment underwater, the crew would help test hardware, instruments, and tools to be used in space and would work underwater in full-scale ... suit would have 2 Navy divers responsible for his safety,. with others assigned to prepare hardware and ensure the necessary tools were in place before the test started. During the test ... for repeat testing; between tests, the divers would dismantle, remove, or rearrange hardware under water or install new hardware, Chief Petty Officer Richard Wiebe, a veteran diver with 17 yrs in the ...

... which NASA would provide four, free Space Shuttle launches instead of paying cash for Spacelab hardware it had agreed to buy, Aerospace Daily reported. The barter deal, proposed by ESA in ... 75% water: NASA estimated that reentry heat would destroy approximately 9705kg (21 4001b) of orbital hardware, and that about 726kg (16001b) might survive reentry in several pieces. Normal breakup of reentering ...

... 2 would be the second of two Spacelab missions designed to demonstrate the performance of hardware received from the European Space Agency ( ESA ). The Spacelab 1 mission verified the majority of ... by an automatic timer onboard the satellite. Modification made during the rendezvous would bypass all hardware likely to have caused the Leasat 3 failure. (Although Hughes had identified satellite activation components ...

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