CONTENTS
(Volume 77, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Fourth ISCOPS, International Space Year (ISY) in the Pacific Basin)

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FOREWORD, Horace Jacobs vii

PREFACE, Peter M. Bainum and Gayle L. May ix

ISY AND NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS 1

Japanese ISY Activities Coordinated by STA and NASDA (AAS 91-600), Takashi Matsui 3

ISY in Japan - Part II:  Scientific and Educational Activities for ISY in Japan (AAS 91-601), Ryojiro Akiba 9

ISY Activities in China (AAS 91-602), Wang Da-Heng, Chen Shu-Peng, Pan Hou-Ren 13

NASA on the Eve of the International Space Year (AAS 91-603), Samuel W. Keller 21

BENEFIT FROM SPACE FOR SOCIETY 27

Benefits from Space Activities (AAS 91-613), Yang Jiachi 29

Satellite Communications and Their Social Impact (AAS 91-615), Takaji Kuroda, Yuichi Ito 35

Benefits of Commercial Passenger Space Travel for Society (AAS 91-616), Patrick Collins 41

The Next Generation Space Technology to Benefit Human Life on the Earth (AAS 91-617), Makoto Nagatomo 53

PACIFIC SPACEPORTS 67

Spaceport Hawaii:  A Vision for the Future (AAS 91-619), Thomas B. Hayward 69

The Present Situation and Problems of Aerospace Industry Promotion in Kagoshima Prefecture (AAS 91-620), Ken Kirioka 81

Promotion of Hokkaido Aero-Space Industrial Base Project (AAS 91-621), Tadashi Matsumoto 89

MAN IN SPACE 91

Manned Space Program and Basic Medical Science (AAS 91-622), Makoto Igarashi 93

Review of the Space Medico-Engineering Research in China (AAS 91-623), Xie Daqing 97

Ground Facilities for NASDA Manned Missions (AAS 91-624), Akira Kubozono, Hideshi Kozawa 103

The Canadian Manned Space Program (AAS 91-625), Robert Thirsk 113

NASA’s Manned Space Flight Program (AAS 91-626), Arnauld E. Nicogossian, Ronald C. Teeter, Karen K. Gaiser 123

MOON AND MARS EXPLORATION 149

An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Space Exploration Initiative Policy (AAS 91-627), Jonathan F. Galloway 151

Unmanned Mars Mission of NASDA (AAS 91-628), Toshihide Maeda, Tsutomu Iwata, Takao Eto, Yutaka Kaneko 161

Configuration of Lunar Outpost and Its Construction Scenario (AAS 91-629), Tsutomu Iwata, Tetsuya Nakamura, Yoshinori Yuzawa, Michihiko Horie, Raita Amagata, Tetsuya Honda 171

SPACE DEBRIS AND ENVIRONMENT 183

A General View of Space Debris Studies in Japan (AAS 91-630), Susumu Toda, Tetsuo Yasaka 185

Technical Aspects of Current Orbital Debris Mitigation Practices (AAS 91-631), Barry A. Matsumori, James T. Kaidy, Gerald J. Dittberner 195

The Space Debris Problem and Preliminary LDEF Results (AAS 91-632), V. A. Chobotov 219

Space Debris:  Getting the Hazard into Perspective (AAS 91-633), Duncan Steel 243

Impact Probability of Al₂O₃ Particles with a Satellite on LEO (AAS 91-634), Nobuaki Ishii, Ryojiro Akiba 255

Particulates Measurement by Laser Radar in Space (AAS 91-635), Susumu Sasaki, Tosiaki Yokota, Masahiro Ohta 263

MU Radar Observations of Space Debris (AAS 91-636), Toru Sato, Ken-ichiro Ikeda, Toshio Wakayama, Iwane Kimura 273

SPACE TRANSPORTATION AND PROPULSION 283

The Hot Test Study of LOX/Propane Thrust Chambers (AAS 91-637), Cao Jian Wu, Zhang Zhong Guang 285

Preliminary Design of Experimental Sub-Scale Scramjet Engine (AAS 91-639), Yukio Yamaoka, Kazuyoshi Ninomiya, Takuo Kuwahara, Noboru Shinozaki, Yoshio Wakamatsu, Masayuki Niino, Nobuo Chinzei, Gorou Masuya 299

Results of Sea-Level Static Tests on Air Turbo Ramjet for a Future Space Plane (AAS 91-640), Nobuhiro Tanatsugu, Yoshihiro Naruo, Itaru Rokutanda, Tomoaki Mizutani, Kazuyuki Higashino, Masato Oguma, Takeshi Kashiwagi, Masakazu Obata 305

A Concept of TR Rocket Family - Practical Use of Small Rocket Vehicle (AAS 91-642), Toshiaki Sato, Tatsuro Asai, Shigeki Kinai, Akisato Takahashi, Seiji Matsuda 317

History of the Phoenix VTOL SSTO and Recent Developments in Single-Stage Launch Systems (AAS 91-643), Gary C. Hudson 329

Is There a Future in Liquid Rocket Propulsion? (AAS 91-644), R. Beichel, C. J. O’Brien, J. P. Taylor 353

Stoichiometric Gas Generator - A Strategic Departure (AAS 91-645), Deena Morgan, Rudi Beichel 365

Earth-to-Orbit Transportation Optimized for Small, Low-Cost Satellites (AAS 91-646), Rick Fleeter, Frank McLoughlin, John Wanagas 377

GUIDANCE, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION 393

Shaping Teleoperations for the 90’s:  An ADEOS User Perspective (AAS 91-647), Paul F. Willis, Elaine R. Hansen 395

Operational Comparison of Inertial and Radar Navigation, and Theory of Space and Time (AAS 91-649), Lin Jin 411

The Research of Reentry Guidance Law of the Manned Spacecraft and Numerical Simulation (AAS 91-650), Zhao Hanyuan, Zhu Longgen 421

Communication and Data Handling System of the Space Flyer Unit (SFU) (AAS 91-652), Takahiro Yamada, Keiken Ninomiya, Noboru Wakasugi 437

Guidance and Control of HOPE (H-II Orbiting Plane) (AAS 91-653), Hitoshi Mineno, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshisada Takizawa 447

Deep Space Communications Technology Thrusts (AAS 91-655), Joseph H. Yuen 457

A Study of Fast Acquisition Technique to Random Burst-Frame Format Message Using DS Signaling (AAS 91-656), Zhu Zhi-Nian, Wang Jin, Shao Jian-Hua 469

New Design Conception and Development of the Synchronizer/Data Buffer System in CDA Station for China’s GMS (AAS 91-657), Tong Kai, Fan Shiming, Gong Derong, Lu Zuming, Liu Jian 479

REMOTE SENSING 495

The Improvement of the Detecting Property and the Performance of the Very High Resolution Scanning Radiometer on “FY-1B” Meteorological Satellite (AAS 91-658), Huixing Gong, Qingbo Zheng, Weiyang Wang 497

A Sequential Algorithm for Fast Extraction of Polygonal Representation from a Raster Scan (AAS 91-659), Jia An, Dai Chang-da, Hu De-yong 505

Detecting the Pine Caterpillar Pest by Landsat Thematic Mapper (AAS 91-660), Dai Changda, Lei Liping, Hu Deyong, Wang Jiesheng 509

Image Navigation for Geostationary Weather Satellites (AAS 91-662), James L. Carr 513

Development of Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) (AAS 91-663), Toshiyuki Tsuzuki, Nobuo Iwasaki, Norikazu Hara 533,

ASTRODYNAMICS 549

Parametric Study of Attitude Dynamics of a Rigid Spacecraft Using the Longuski Approach (AAS 91-664), Harijono Djojodihardjo, Sugiarmadji Hari Purnomo Singgih 551

On the Dynamics and Control of the Proposed Space Station ‘Freedom’ (AAS 91-665), V. J. Modi, A. Suleman 571

Attitude Motion of a Dual-Spin Space Station Supported with Magnetic Bearings (AAS 91-666), Atsushi Nakajima, Kazuhito Ishii 587

Preliminary Design of Tethered Satellite Control System for Space Tether Experiment System (AAS 91-667), Susumu Sasaki, Masayuki Takasaki, Hirohito Otsuka, Youko Nishio 599

On the Optimal Two-Impulse Maneuver (AAS 91-668), F. G. Bonneau, C. M. Diarra 611

Optimal Manipulator Trajectories for Space Robots (AAS 91-669), Seiya Ueno, Takashi Kida, Isao Yamaguchi, Masaki Tanaka 629

LARGE SPACE STRUCTURES 641

Orientation and Shape Control of an Orbiting Tethered Antenna/Reflector System (AAS 91-671), Peter M. Bainum, Liu Liangdong 643

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE 661

Study on Low-Cost System Configuration for Earth-Moon Transportation (AAS 91-606), Shigetoshi Sameshima, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu 663

Hypersonic Vehicle Research by Using a Large Shock Tunnel (AAS 91-607), Kenichi Igo 677

Dynamics and Control of a Flexible Tethered System with Offset (AAS 91-608), R. Pidgeon, V. J. Modi 689

A Study of the Attitude Stabilizing System for Solar Power Satellite ‘SPS2000’ (AAS 91-609), Iwao Igarashi 711

Optical Remote Sensors in the 21st Century (AAS 91-610), Ma Wenpo 723

A Vision of Space Transportation in the 21st Century (AAS 91-611), Motofumi Usui 733

A New Conception of Mars Exploration (AAS 91-612), Chen Chi Ping 741

APPENDICES 759

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series 761

Science and Technology Series 767

AAS History Series 772

INDEX 773

Numerical Index 775

Author Index 779