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

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. The original document contains color images.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meitzler, Thomas, Bryk, Darryl, Sohn, Euijung, Bednarz, Dave, Bankowski, Elena, Bienkowski, Mary, Gillis, Jennifer, Lane, Kimberly, Vala, John
Other Authors: TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Optical Detection and Detectors
Manned Spacecraft
*OPTICAL DETECTION
*ICE
*FUEL TANKS
*INFRARED CAMERAS
*EXTERNAL STORES
TEST AND EVALUATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
FOAM
SPACE SHUTTLES
ELECTROOPTICS
INSULATION
MDA(MACDONALD-DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD)
ET(EXTERNAL TANKS)
SOFI(SPRAY-ON FOAM INSULATION)
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA443836
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA443836
Description
Summary: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. The original document contains color images.

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