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APPENDIX C
Sources of Input to the Committee

PRESENTATIONS

Committee Meeting 1 (September 15-16, 1997), Washington, D.C.

Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology Enterprise. Robert Whitehead, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, NASA OASTT.

Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology Enterprise. Robert Pearce, Group Lead, Strategy and Planning, NASA OASTT.

Briefing based on the paper: Frontiers of the "Responsibly Imaginable" in (Civilian) Aeronautics. AIAA Paper 98-0001. Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center.

Space Transportation Technology Working Group Meeting (October 8,1997), Washington, D.C.

Space Transportation Investment Strategy. Daniel Mulville, Chief Engineer, NASA

Reusable Launch Vehicle Program. Gary Payton, Head, Space Transportation Technology Division, NASA OASTT

NASA Langley Research Center Meeting (November 3-4, 1997), Hampton, Virginia

Langley Overview. Jeremiah Creedon, Director, NASA Langley Research Center Research Center

Systems Studies in Support of the Aeronautics Enterprise. Joe Chambers, NASA Inter-center Systems Analysis Team, NASA Langley Research Center

Overview of Systems Studies of Scenario-Based Vehicles. Joe Chambers, NASA Inter-center Systems Analysis Team, NASA Langley Research Center

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Sources of Input to the Committee." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.
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Plan for Outcome-Goal-Based System Studies of OASTT Programs. Sam Dollyhigh, Inter-center Systems Analysis Team, NASA Langley Research Center

Current Program Planning Support. Sam Dollyhigh, Inter-center Systems Analysis Team, NASA Langley Research Center

Airframe Systems Base Research Program. Darrel Tenney, Airframe Systems Program Office, NASA Langley Research Center

ReCAT: A NASA Program to Reduce the Cost of Air Travel. NASA Langley Research Center

Civil Transportation Overview. Cindy Lee, Airframe Systems Program Office, NASA Langley Research Center

High Performance Aircraft. James Burley II, High-Performance Aircraft Office, Airframe Systems Program, NASA Langley Research Center

Advanced Subsonic Technology Program. Sam Morello, AST Program, NASA Langley Research Center

Advanced Subsonic Technology Program, Small Aircraft Transportation System R&D. Bruce Holmes, NASA General Aviation Program Office, NASA Langley Research Center

Key Research Thrusts for Access to Space. Delma Freeman, Aerospace Transportation Technology Office, NASA Langley Research Center

OASTT Aviation Safety Program. Michael Lewis, Aviation Safety Program Office, NASA Langley Research Center

High Speed Research Program Overview. Alan Wilhite, High Speed Research Program Office, NASA Langley Research Center

Technology Visions for LaRC: Materials and Structures Research. Mark Shuart, Materials Division, NASA Langley Research Center

Ideas on Revolutionary Aero Technologies. Ajay Kumar, Aero and Gas Dynamics Division, NASA Langley Research Center

Enabling Technology Goals Addressed by These Technologies. Wayne Bryant, Flight Electronics Technology Division, NASA Langley Research Center

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Sources of Input to the Committee." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.
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Committee Meeting 2 (November 18–19, 1997), Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Long-Term Global Aeronautics Needs and Opportunities: Phase II-Potential Breakthrough Technologies and Long-Term R&D Goals. Richard John, Director, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Assessment and Analysis of Aviation System Safety. James Hallock, Aviation Safety Division, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

The Unintended Consequences of the Rapid Adoption of Advanced Technology in Civil Aviation. Donald Sussman, Operator Performance and Safety Analysis Group, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Needs and Opportunities for Information Security in the Air Traffic Management System. Robert Wiseman, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Traffic Management Research. Richard Wright, Automation Applications Division, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Modeling and Impact Assessment of Aviation Noise. Greg Fleming, Safety and Environmental Technology Division, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Presentation to the National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. John-Paul Clarke, MIT International Center for Air Transportation, Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Software Breakthroughs. Nancy Leveson, University of Washington (visiting the Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Aerospace Information Systems. John Deyst, Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A Design Methodology for the Failure and Durability of Composite Structures. Mark Spearing, Paul Lagace, and Hugh McManus, Technology Laboratory for Advanced Composites, Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Structures and Materials Research II: Programs in the Active Materials and Structures Laboratory. Nesbitt Hagood IV, Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Potential Breakthrough Technologies, Propulsion Research at the Gas Turbine Laboratory, MIT. A.H. Epstein, I.A. Waitz, Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Sources of Input to the Committee." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.
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The Strategic Plan of the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics. Edward Crawley, Dept. Of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Lean Aircraft Initiative. Earll Murman, Dept. Of Aero/Astro Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aviation Weather and CNS Research. Raymond LaFrey, James Evans, Steven Bussolari, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

CNS/ATM Technology for Air Transportation. Steven Bussolari, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Draper Lab's Health Monitoring System Algorithms and Applicable MEMS Technologies. Neil Adams, Control and Dynamical Systems Division, Draper Laboratory

Free Flight in an Era of Highly Constrained Resources. Stephan Kolitz, Draper Laboratory

Avionics Technology Requirements for Low Cost Access to Space. Darryl Sargent, Space & Missile Programs, Draper Laboratory

Recommendations for an Honest and Accurate Approach to Truly Low Cost Access to Space. Robert Sackheim, Propulsion & Combustion Center, TRW Space & Electronics Group

SRI/NASA Ames Research Center Meeting (January 19–21, 1998), SanJose, California

The Pace of Innovation/Human-Computer Interaction. Don Nielson, SRI International

GPS Technology: Needs & Capabilities. Earl Blackwell, SRI International

The Challenge of Flight Software: Breakthrough Technologies and Long-Term R&D Goals. John Rushby, SRI International

Boeing (McDonnell Douglas Aerospace) Blended Wing Body Concept. Robert Liebeck, Boeing Long Beach

Boeing Product Options and Considerations. Jean McGrew, Product Development & Technology, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group

Adaptive Active Control of Combustion: Potential Breakthroughs in Performance Enhancement of Aeropropulsion Engines. C.T. Bowman and R.K. Hanson, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Development of Diode-Laser Sensors for Aeropropulsion Engine Control. R.K. Hanson, High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory, Stanford University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Sources of Input to the Committee." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.
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ASTT Stretch Goals: Meeting the Challenge. Robert J. Hansen, Deputy Director for Research, NASA Ames Research Center

Information Technology at NASA: Archimedes and the Computer. Kenneth Ford, Associate Center Director for Information Technology, NASA Ames Research Center

Information Power Grid: How we see the future of Aerospace High Performance Computing and what we're doing about it. Bill Feiereisen, NASA Ames Research Center

Information Systems Directorate. Steve Zornetzer, Information Systems Directorate, NASA Ames Research Center

Intelligent Flight Control. Joseph Totah, Computational Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center

Neural Network Based Flight Control: A Vision of the Year 2025. Joseph Totah (Dr. Charles Jorgensen, PI), Computational Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center

NASA Air Traffic Management R&D. Michael Dudley, NASA Ames Research Center

Data Collection and Causal Analysis for Aviation Safety: A Vision of Aviation System Monitoring. Irving C. Statler, NASA Ames Research Center

Avionics Technologies in the Next 25 Years. Rudolph Kalafus, Trimble Navigation

GPS, ATM, and Advanced Cockpit Display Research at Stanford University. Andrew K. Barrows (on behalf of Bradford Parkinson, J. David Powel, Per Enge), Dept. of Aero/Astro, Stanford University

Ohio Aerospace Institute Meeting (February 9–11, 1998), Cleveland, Ohio

Introduction to the Space Access Launch System and Development. Steve Wurst, Space Access LLC

Space Operations Vehicles Technical Background for the National Research Council. Terry Phillips (Lt. Col. Jess Sponable), Air Force Research Laboratory/VTX, Kirtland AFB

Advanced Hypersonic Concepts. Robert Mercier and Tom Curran, Wright Patterson AFB

NASA Lewis Presentations. Carol Russo, et. al.

NASA Marshall Presentations to the Air and Launch Vehicle Technology Meeting. Garry Lyles, et. al.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Sources of Input to the Committee." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.
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Future Spacelift Requirements Study Summary. Rex McWaters (R.F. Johnson), The Aerospace Corporation

Pratt & Whitney Advanced Propulsion Concepts. L.L. Coons, Vice President, Engineering, Pratt & Whitney

Long-Range Research in Rocket Propulsion. Pat Carrick, Air Force Research Lab, Rocket Propulsion Directorate

Venture Star: A Revolutionary Space Transportation Launch System. Bob Baumgartner, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

Kelley Aerospace Eclipse RLV Concept Richard P. Hora, President and CEO, Eclipse Space Lines

DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

AGATE Program Folder (Reference Material including: The AGATE Flier; NASA Facts; NASA Technical Memorandum 110271, (Re)inventing Government-Industry R&D Collaboration, Bruce J. Holmes, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, August 1996.)


Brewer, G.D., G. Wittlin, E.F. Versaw, R. Parmley, R. Cima, E.G. Walther. 1981. Assessment of Crash Fire Hazard of LH2-Fueled Aircraft. NASA CR-165525. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Burnham, David and Hallock, James. Wake Vortex Separation Standards: Analysis Methods. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Research and Special Programs Administration, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, DOT/FAA/ND-97-4, Office of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems, Washington, D.C. 20591. Final Report, May 1997.

Bushnell, D.M. 1998. Frontiers of the ''Responsibly Imaginable" in (Civilian) Aeronautics, AIAA paper 98-0001. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.


Dawson, Terry. 1994. Perspectives on U.S. Space Launch Systems. A Staff Background Paper. Washington, D.C.: Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

Deyst, J.J. 1997. Aerospace Information Systems. Presentation to the Committee to Identify Potential Breakthrough Technologies and Assess Long-term R&D Goals in Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 18, 1997.

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Devere, T. 1998. E-mail to the Committee to Identify Potential Breakthrough Technologies and Assess Long-term R&D Goals in Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology from Taft Devere, U.S. Space Command, June 12, 1998.

Dillon, A.C., K.M. Jones, T.A. Bekkedahl, C.H. Klang, D.S. Bethune, and M.J. Heben. 1997. Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nature 386 (Mar 27): 377–379.


Endsley, M.R. and M.D. Rodgers. 1994. Situation Awareness Information Requirements for En Route Air Traffic Control, Final Report. DOT/FAA/AM-94/27. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration.

Epstein, A., and I. Waitz. 1997. Potential Breakthrough Technologies, Propulsion Research at the Gas Turbine Laboratory, MIT. Presentation to the Committee to Identify Potential Breakthrough Technologies and Assess Long-term R&D Goals in Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 18, 1997.

Epstein, A.H. and S.D. Senturia. 1997. Macro Power from Micro Machinery, Science Magazine, 276: 1211


Fact Sheet. National Space Policy. The White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy, September 19, 1996.

Fitts, P.M. 1951. Human Engineering for an Effective Air Navigation and Traffic Control System. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council.

Free Flight. 1998. FAA Free Flight World Wide Web site, www.faa.gov/freeflight


Galbraith, A.D. 1996. Electric Propulsion for Light aircraft: Lithium-Air Fuel Cell for Primary Power. NIAR 96-3. Witchita, Kansas.: National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University.

Gartz, Paul Ebner. 1996. Commercial Systems Development in a Changed World-The Engineering of Large Commercial Jet Transports. Paper originally prepared for the IEEE/INCOSE Joint Technical Journal (no volume, issue, page numbers, or exact title provided).

Gartz, Paul Ebner. 1997. Does Aerospace Technology Have a Future in Aerospace? Paper Adapted by author from IEEE Spectrum Magazine article, Technology Update issue, January 1998.

Gore, Al. 1997. Final report to President Clinton, White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, February 12, 1997. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Vice President of the United States

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GRA. 1992. Economic Analysis of Aeronautical Research and Technology—An Update. Jenkintown, PA: GRA, Inc.

Information Technology at NASA: Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (Brochure).


Lefebrve, A.H. 1995. The Role of Fuel Preparation in Low-Emission Combustion. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 117(4): 617–654.

Leveson, Nancy. 1992. High Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software., Paper presented at the International Conference on Software Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, May 1992 (in proceedings)

Leveson, Nancy. 1995. Embedded Computer Systems Initiative: A Response to the 1995 CIC Draft Report. White Paper for the ARPA Workshop on the CIC Draft Report, July 1995

Leveson, Nancy. 1997. The Impact of Digital Computers on Engineering Practice. Paper for the NAE Workshop on the Changing Nature of Engineering Practice, November, 1997

Liebeck, R.H., M.A. Page, and B.K. Rawdon. 1998. Blended-Wing Body Subsonic Commercial Transport. AIAA-98-0438. Reston, Virginia.: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Littlewood, B. and L. Strigini. 1993. Validation of Ultrahigh Dependability for Software-Based Systems. Communications of the ACM, 36(11).


NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1995. Achieving Aeronautics Leadership—Aeronautics Strategic Enterprise Plan, 1995–2000. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NASA. 1996. (Re)inventing Government-Industry R&D Collaboration. NASA Technical Memorandum 110271, Bruce J. Holmes. Hampton, VA: NASA Langley Research Center Research Center.

NASA. 1997. Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology: Three Pillars for Success. Office of Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology, Alliance Development Office. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NAE (National Academy of Engineering). 1988. Cities and Their Vital Infrastructure: Past, Present, and Future. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press

NRC (National Research Council). 1995. Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Development and Test Program. Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee on Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology and Test Program. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

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NRC. 1997. Aircraft Noise Modeling. Transportation Research Circular, Number 473. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.

NRC. 1997. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics—Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise. Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Steering Committee for a Workshop to Develop Long-Term Global Aeronautics Scenarios. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

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Rogers, R.L. 1989. A Knowledge-Based Tool for Multilevel Decomposition of a Complex Design Problem. NASA TP2903. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration .

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Sokolowski, Daniel E. 1997. Toward Air Transportation in 2020: Aeronautical and Aeropropulsion Ideas. Cleveland, Ohio: Aeronautics Directorate, NASA Lewis Research Center

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Vakil, Sanjay S. and R. John Hansman. 1998. Functional Models of Flight Automation Systems to Support Design, Certification, and Operation, AIAA 98-1035. Paper presented at the 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, January 12–15, 1998, Reno, NV.

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After the completion of the National Research Council (NRC) report, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise (1997), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology requested that the NRC remain involved in its strategic planning process by conducting a study to identify a short list of revolutionary or breakthrough technologies that could be critical to the 20 to 25 year future of aeronautics and space transportation. These technologies were to address the areas of need and opportunity identified in the above mentioned NRC report, which have been characterized by NASA's 10 goals (see Box ES-1) in "Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology: Three Pillars for Success" (NASA, 1997). The present study would also examine the 10 goals to determine if they are likely to be achievable, either through evolutionary steps in technology or through the identification and application of breakthrough ideas, concepts, and technologies.

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