| STARDUST: finessing expensive cometary sample returns. | |
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PMID: 11540764 Owner: NASA Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The STARDUST Discovery mission will collect samples of cometary coma and interstellar dust and return them to Earth. Five years after launch in February 1999, coma dust in the 1- to 100-micrometers size range will be captured by impact into ultra-low-density silica aerogel during a 6 kms-1 flyby of Comet Wild 2. The returned samples will be investigated at laboratories where the most critical information on these primitive materials is retained. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory will provide project management with Lockheed Martin Astronauts as the spacecraft industrial partner. STARDUST management will aggressively and innovatively achieve cost control through the use of Total Quality Management principles, the chief of which will be organization in a Project Engineering and Integration Team that "flattens" the traditional hierarchical structure by including all project elements from the beginning, in a concurrent engineering framework focusing on evolving Integrated Mission Capability. |
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Authors:
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D E Brownlee; P Tsou; K L Atkins; C W Yen; J M Vellinga; S Price; B C Clark |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta astronautica Volume: 39 ISSN: 0094-5765 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Astronaut Publication Date: 1996 Jul-Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1998-09-13 Completed Date: 1998-09-13 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9890631 Medline TA: Acta Astronaut Country: ENGLAND |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 51-60 Citation Subset: S |
Affiliation:
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University of Washington, Department of Astronomy, Seattle 98195, USA. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Astronomy
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instrumentation*,
methods Cosmic Dust / analysis* Equipment Design Extraterrestrial Environment* Meteoroids* Research Design Space Flight* Spacecraft / instrumentation* Total Quality Management |
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0/Cosmic Dust |
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Investigator/Affiliation:
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P Tsou / CA Inst Technol, Pasadena, CA |
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