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SECOND ULTRA LONG DURATION BALLOONING TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP

 

November 12, 1998

Building 8 Auditorium

Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, Maryland

 

FINAL AGENDA with hyperlinks

WELCOME

8:30 Welcome - Dr. S. Holt/GSFC

8:35 Address from NASA Headquarters - Dr. P. Ulrich/NASA HQ

INTRODUCTION

8:45 Science at the Top of the Atmosphere - Dr. J. Tueller/GSFC

9:15 Objectives of Technology Study & Workshop - R. Mauk/GSFC

9:45 Funding of Balloon Technologies - Dr. P. Ulrich/NASA HQ

10:00 Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Programs - J. Kalshoven/GSFC

10:30 BREAK

ULDB Demonstration Program:

11:00 Balloon - H. Cathey/PSL

11:30 Balloon Craft - D. Stuchlik/WFF

12:00 LUNCH

TECHNOLOGY AREAS

1:00 Balloon Technologies (Fabrics, manufacturing...) - S. Raque/WFF

1:20 Trajectory Prediction & Control: Latitude & Altitude Control - D. Gregory/PSL

1:40 Weather Prediction - R. Swinbank/GSFC

2:00 Power Systems - P. Loyselle/LeRC

2:20 Pointing Systems - D. Kotsifakis/WFF

2:40 BREAK

3:00 Termination & Recovery Systems - J. Cutts/JPL

3:20 Flight Test Results of ORIONTM (Autonomous Recovery Parafoil Guided by GPS) - A. Vargas/CNES Balloon Program

Cross Cutting & Related Technologies

3:30 Planetary Balloon - J. Cutts/JPL

3:50 Remotely Piloted Vehicle Technologies - J. Baer-Riedhart/DFRC

4:10 Inflatable Structures - A. Chmielewski/JPL

 

4:30 Wrap Up and Closing Remarks - V. Jones/NASA HQ

 

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