Directors Discretionary Fund Report For Fiscal Year 1996 PDF Download

Topics covered include: Waterproofing the Space Shuttle tiles, thermal protection system for Reusable Launch Vehicles, computer modeling of the thermal conductivity of cometary ice, effects of ozone depletion and ultraviolet radiation on plants, a novel telemetric biosensor to monitor blood pH on-line, ion mobility in polymer electrolytes for lithium-polymer batteries, a microwave-pumped far infrared photoconductor, and a new method for measuring cloud liquid vapor using near infrared remote sensing. Also included: laser-spectroscopic instrument for turbulence measurement, remote sensing of aircraft contrails using a field portable imaging interferometer, development of a silicon-micromachined gas chromatography system for determination of planetary surface composition, planar Doppler velocimetry, chaos in interstellar chemistry, and a limited pressure cycle engine for high-speed output. Ames Research Center THERMAL PROTECTION; OZONE DEPLETION; REMOTE SENSING; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHOTOCONDUCTORS; COMETS; TURBULENT FLOW; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY; TILT ROTOR AIRCRAFT; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TILES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ICE FORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; PH; PLANTS (BOTANY); BIOINSTRUMENTATION; BLOOD; NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; INFRARED DETECTORS; PLANETARY SURFACES...