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

• 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

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.