Societal assessment overview

The decision to proceed with SPS depends on a political determination that commitment of the economic, institutional, and social energies required for its implementation is a worthwhile investment. This determination is national (and international) in scope and is based on knowledge of the environmental and societal impacts of the SPS, its projected economics and technological risks, expressed through the influence of contending segments of society. To assist the decision makers, an assessment of societal issues associated with the SPS was undertaken as part of the Concept Development and Evaluation Program. Results of the assessment are reported. The primary societal assessment objectives are to determine if the societal ramifications of an SPS might significantly impede its development, and to establish an information base regarding these issues. Estimates regarding SPS impacts commensurate with its stage of development and the needs of the decision makers are provided

GEOS A telemetry subsystem reliability assessment Technical advisement memorandum no. 106-11

Geodetic satellite telemetry subsystem performance prediction based on failure mode and effects analysi

Development of KSC program for investigating and generating field failure rates. Volume 1: Summary and overview

A summary of the KSC program for investigating the reliability aspects of the ground support activities is presented. An analysis of unsatisfactory condition reports (RC), and the generation of reliability assessment of components based on the URC are discussed along with the design considerations for attaining reliable real time hardware/software configurations

Analysis of spacecraft anomalies

The anomalies from 316 spacecraft covering the entire U.S. space program were analyzed to determine if there were any experimental or technological programs which could be implemented to remove the anomalies from future space activity. Thirty specific categories of anomalies were found to cover nearly 85 percent of all observed anomalies. Thirteen experiments were defined to deal with 17 of these categories; nine additional experiments were identified to deal with other classes of observed and anticipated anomalies. Preliminary analyses indicate that all 22 experimental programs are both technically feasible and economically viable

Reliability assessment of the GEOS A power supply

Reliability assessment of geodetic satellite A power suppl

GEOS command assignment

Satellite operational reliability by assigning command functions to relay matrix positions of command subsyste

Operational reliability assessment of the GEOS A spacecraft

Decision theory application to GEOS A spacecraft operational reliability assessmen

Understanding Face and Shame: A Servant-Leadership and Face Management Model

Clergy can have a negative impact on churches and other individuals when they knowingly or unknowingly attempt to save face, that is, try to protect their standing or reputation. The desire to gain face and the fear of losing face and feeling ashamed will likely permeate clergy’s decision-making processes without even being noticed. This study explores the essence of face and face management and the relationship between face management and two characteristics of servant-leadership—awareness and healing—in both Chinese and American churches through the methodology of hermeneutic phenomenology. Prior to this study, to my knowledge, no hermeneutic phenomenological research of face management has been conducted in a church setting. Through a review of the literature, four areas are explored: face and shame, face management, servant-leadership, and face, shame, and face management within the church. This study obtained approval from the Institutional Review Board and informed consent from the participants. Three Chinese and three American Christian ministers were chosen to complete a question sheet and participate in two semi-structured interview sessions. A first cycle of open coding and second cycle of pattern coding were used during data analysis. Face experiences are discussed in light of eight major themes: body, triggers, becoming, face concepts, strategies, emotions, servant-leadership, and the church. Findings from the study help build a servant-leadership and face management model, which can offer an anchored approach for clergy and pastoral counselors to address face and shame and to develop therapeutic interventions

Determination of sulfur compounds in coal by mass spectrometry, correlated with XANES and XPS

The objective of this study is to identify important organic sulfur-containing compounds in the Argonne Premium Coals and in selected, separated coal macerals. In-source, desorption/pyrolysis high resolution mass spectrometry is being used to characterize the volatile species of whole coals, macerals, and their extracts. To examine the possibility of secondary reactions and undesirable selectivity, the MS data is compared to data from direct techniques, XANES and XPS. The MS results con-elate very well which supports the suggestion that the species seen are indigenous to the original sample. Therefore, specific structural assignments to the sulfur species can be made. Quantitative speciation of organic sulfur in coals has been accomplished by both XANES and XPS with what appears to be good reliability. Mass spectrometry approaches provide more detailed molecular information, but suffer from problems with sampling. In the past we have found it difficult to isolate aliphatic sulfur compounds by thermal desorption or pyrolysis due to their thermal transformation to aromatic species. However, recently we have found that with in-source pyrolysis the occurrence of secondary reactions is reduced significantly. Results from both a selected setof the Argonne Premium Coal Samples and a set of three macerals from the Listen-Stockton coal (APCS 7) are discussed