NDLI: Nasa's Laser Risk Reduction Program: A risk reduction approach for technology development

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Torres-Martinez, E. Heaps, W.S. Singh, U.N.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., Laser and Electro-optics Branch, Greenbelt MD 20771, USA (Heaps, W.S.) \|\| NASA Langley Research Ctr., Systems Engineering Competency, Hampton VA 23681, USA (Singh, U.N.) \|\| NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., Earth Science Technology Office, Greenbelt MD 20771, USA (Torres-Martinez, E.)
Abstract	The benefits of Earth Science (ES) laser instrumentation have been proven by decades of earth-science observations. Lasers allow remote sensing of earth-system variables such as sea elevation, atmospheric composition, wind profiles, cloud cover, ice mass, and vegetation canopy. Further, orbiting platforms provide a unique vantage point that allows laser measurements on a global scale. NASA implemented the Laser Risk Reduction Program (LRRP) to identify and address capability-gap areas where new devices or processes could yield high-reliability mission-ready parts, and to develop components needed to advance the state-of-the-art of laser-based instrumentation. This paper discusses LRRP's approach and the evolution of the program's developments from inception to their planned infusion into NASA's missions. It is the first part of a three-paper presentation (Program goals and organization; 1µ developments and results at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); and 2µ developments and results at Langley Research Center (LaRC)) that summarizes LRRP's goals, formulation approach, management organization, and final results.
Starting Page	3106
Ending Page	3109
File Size	803899
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424495658
ISSN	21537003
e-ISBN	9781424495665
e-ISBN	9781424495641
DOI	10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649309
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-07-25
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Measurement by laser beam Laser radar Instruments Pump lasers Laser theory NASA Sea measurements
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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