Test Results of the MDA Ice Detection System for Use with NASA's External Tank

Abstract

As part of a Space Act Agreement between NASA-KSC and TARDEC, an electro-optical system to detect ice and estimate ice thickness on the external tank of the space shuttle was tested in TARDEC's Visual Perception Lab.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA443836

Entities

People

  • Darryl Bryk
  • Dave Bednarz
  • Elena Bankowski
  • Euijung Sohn
  • Jennifer Gillis
  • John Vala
  • Kimberly Lane
  • Mary Bienkowski
  • Thomas Meitzler

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Detection
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Mental Processes
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Space Shuttles
  • Thickness
  • Visual Perception

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects