[auvsisiliconvalley] Chapter Meeting on Tuesday December 1, 2009
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Nov 22, 2009, 10:17:43 PM11/22/09
to HomeBrew Robotics Club
HBRC and AUVSI-SV are two complementary associations, sharing the same
interest for robots and robots’ autonomy, whether underwater, on land,
or in the air. As a member of HBRC, you are invited to share the next
event that will be held at NASA on December 1, 2009.
Our monthly general meeting will start at 6 PM.
- The meeting should be quite interesting. Dennis Wingo will present
work that is going on at NASA Ames just down the street from the
Flight Operations building where we hold our regular meetings. The
topic of the presentation is the: Lunar Orbiter Recovery Project and
will include a presentation followed by a tour of the facility where
the recovery work is taking place.
- In 1966-67 NASA sent 5 spacecraft to the Moon to perform
reconnaissance of potential landing sites for the Apollo missions.
Lunar Orbiters I-III, flying in a near equatorial orbit, photographed
the majority of the lunar near side equatorial region with a
resolution of approximately 1 meter in the visible band. Lunar Orbiter
IV and V, flying in a polar orbit photographed 98% of the Moon at
resolutions varying from 2-100 meters. During the time of the
missions, the world never saw the full glory of the images from Lunar
Orbiter. Forty two years later the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery
Project (LOIRP) was funded by NASA Headquarters to provide a proof of
principle to recover the full resolution images from the original
undemodulated analog tapes. This required extensive research for
documentation from the original missions as well as reconstruction of
the last surviving Ampex instrumentation recorders of that period. In
addition, demodulators for reconstructing the analog data were
recreated from fragmentary documentation, by retired experts from the
television industry. The process and the results obtained will be
outlined in this presentation.
- Dennis Wingo is an engineering physicist and 31-year veteran of the
computer, academic, and spaceflight communities. Dennis has designed
and built flight experiments flown on sounding rockets, the Shuttle,
ISS, as well as small satellites. Dennis has worked with MSFC on solar
power satellites and Langley on large space structures. Dennis has
also worked with DARPA on the development of large space telescopes.
Dennis holds two patents for orbital space operational concepts and
has published a book (Moonrush) concerning the use of ISRU for a cost
effective, commercial, return to Moon. Dennis is the CEO of Skycorp
Incorporated, a commercial space company working on advanced space
concepts, and is also the CEO of Green Trail Energy Inc, a company
devoted to the rapid implementation of solar power solutions for
commercial and government customers on the west coast. Dennis is also
a founder of Orbital Recovery Corporation/Orbital Satellite Services
AB, the world's first commercial on orbit spacecraft servicing
enterprise. Dennis is Currently leading the Lunar Orbiter Image
Recovery Project (LOIRP) at the NASA Ames Research Park, funded by
NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate.
- Food will be provided, and we will be accepting any donations for
the chapter.
Note:
-----
If you did not receive the Newsletter announcement, you can access it
at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/auvsisiliconvalley/files/Newsletter/
Board Meeting:
--------------
This announcement is for the general meeting whereas the board
meeting, held by the executive council, will be at 5 PM in the same
location and is open to all interested. Any issues requiring voting by
the membership will always carry into the general meeting.
Location:
---------
Flight Operations Building, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, Mountain View,
CA 94040
Directions:
-----------
- From 101 take the Moffett Boulevard exit, turn east, and enter NASA
through the North entrance. Show ID to the guard and tell him you are
going to Flight Operations.
- You will not need a badge to enter. If there is any problem with
entry, call Base Operations at (650) 603-9213.
- After passing thru the guard gate, go to the Flight Operations
building (Control Tower) near the runways. Park in the lot and buzz
the front door and you will be let in. Tell the person who buzzed you
in that you are here for the AUVSI meeting and then proceed to the
conference room near the middle of the second floor.
interest for robots and robots’ autonomy, whether underwater, on land,
or in the air. As a member of HBRC, you are invited to share the next
event that will be held at NASA on December 1, 2009.
Our monthly general meeting will start at 6 PM.
- The meeting should be quite interesting. Dennis Wingo will present
work that is going on at NASA Ames just down the street from the
Flight Operations building where we hold our regular meetings. The
topic of the presentation is the: Lunar Orbiter Recovery Project and
will include a presentation followed by a tour of the facility where
the recovery work is taking place.
- In 1966-67 NASA sent 5 spacecraft to the Moon to perform
reconnaissance of potential landing sites for the Apollo missions.
Lunar Orbiters I-III, flying in a near equatorial orbit, photographed
the majority of the lunar near side equatorial region with a
resolution of approximately 1 meter in the visible band. Lunar Orbiter
IV and V, flying in a polar orbit photographed 98% of the Moon at
resolutions varying from 2-100 meters. During the time of the
missions, the world never saw the full glory of the images from Lunar
Orbiter. Forty two years later the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery
Project (LOIRP) was funded by NASA Headquarters to provide a proof of
principle to recover the full resolution images from the original
undemodulated analog tapes. This required extensive research for
documentation from the original missions as well as reconstruction of
the last surviving Ampex instrumentation recorders of that period. In
addition, demodulators for reconstructing the analog data were
recreated from fragmentary documentation, by retired experts from the
television industry. The process and the results obtained will be
outlined in this presentation.
- Dennis Wingo is an engineering physicist and 31-year veteran of the
computer, academic, and spaceflight communities. Dennis has designed
and built flight experiments flown on sounding rockets, the Shuttle,
ISS, as well as small satellites. Dennis has worked with MSFC on solar
power satellites and Langley on large space structures. Dennis has
also worked with DARPA on the development of large space telescopes.
Dennis holds two patents for orbital space operational concepts and
has published a book (Moonrush) concerning the use of ISRU for a cost
effective, commercial, return to Moon. Dennis is the CEO of Skycorp
Incorporated, a commercial space company working on advanced space
concepts, and is also the CEO of Green Trail Energy Inc, a company
devoted to the rapid implementation of solar power solutions for
commercial and government customers on the west coast. Dennis is also
a founder of Orbital Recovery Corporation/Orbital Satellite Services
AB, the world's first commercial on orbit spacecraft servicing
enterprise. Dennis is Currently leading the Lunar Orbiter Image
Recovery Project (LOIRP) at the NASA Ames Research Park, funded by
NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate.
- Food will be provided, and we will be accepting any donations for
the chapter.
Note:
-----
If you did not receive the Newsletter announcement, you can access it
at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/auvsisiliconvalley/files/Newsletter/
Board Meeting:
--------------
This announcement is for the general meeting whereas the board
meeting, held by the executive council, will be at 5 PM in the same
location and is open to all interested. Any issues requiring voting by
the membership will always carry into the general meeting.
Location:
---------
Flight Operations Building, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, Mountain View,
CA 94040
Directions:
-----------
- From 101 take the Moffett Boulevard exit, turn east, and enter NASA
through the North entrance. Show ID to the guard and tell him you are
going to Flight Operations.
- You will not need a badge to enter. If there is any problem with
entry, call Base Operations at (650) 603-9213.
- After passing thru the guard gate, go to the Flight Operations
building (Control Tower) near the runways. Park in the lot and buzz
the front door and you will be let in. Tell the person who buzzed you
in that you are here for the AUVSI meeting and then proceed to the
conference room near the middle of the second floor.
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