Autonomous ASCENT abort planning applied to military and civilian space launch vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 3rd "Unmanned-Unlimited" Technical Conference, Workshop, and Exhibit

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 994-1009

  Jackson, Mark C ^a,c   Hu, Howard ^b  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Control and Decision Making ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRE-LAUNCH CONTIGENCY PLANNING; SHUTTLE ABORT FLIGHT MANAGER (SAFM); SHUTTLE COCKPIT AVIONICS UPGRADE (CAU); SPACE OPERATIONS VEHICLE (SOV);

ALGORITHMS; CIVIL AVIATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; LANDING; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS);

EID: 19644374346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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