Bioastronautics and Electronics and Invited Addresses. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Space Technology, Held in los Angeles, California, in August, 1960

Content: BALLISTIC MISSILE and SPACE TECHNOLOGY, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv CONTRIBUTORS, Pages v-vii PREFACE, Pages ix-x, Donald P. LeGalley COMPETITION FOR SURVIVAL, Pages 3-6, James H. Doolittle THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE, Pages 7-8, O.J. Ritland Address by, Pages 9-10, Ivan A. Getting THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT IN THE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE PROGRAMS, Pages 11-16, Bernard A. Schriever THE SPACE CHALLENGE, Pages 17-23, T. Keith Glennan A SUMMARY OF U.S. ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPACE, Pages 25-35, John H. Rubel THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE CRASH PROGRAM, Pages 37-46, Simon Ramo PERSON-TO-PERSON COMMUNICATIONS IN AN ATMOSPHERE-FREE ENVIRONMENT, Pages 49-61, R.J. Christman GENETICS AND THE RELIABILITY OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, Pages 63-76, D.F. Mitchell EARTH VIEWER FOR EXOSPHERIC NAVIGATION TRAINER, Pages 77-89, Allan L. Bernstein, Joseph H. Gifford MAN PROTECTION DURING LANDING IMPACT OF AEROSPACE VEHICLES, Pages 91-105, James W. Brinkley HUMAN EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE HUMAN TOLERANCE TO LANDING IMPACT IN CAPSULE SYSTEMS, Pages 107-140, Galen A. Holcomb GYRO SPIN-AXIS BEARING PROGRAM AT THE GENERAL MOTORS RESEARCH LABORATORIES, Pages 143-156, Donald R. Whitney A MINIATURE ACCELEROMETER WITH A FUSED QUARTZ SUSPENSION, Pages 157-186, A.R. Johnston A SELF-ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A LARGE ELASTIC MISSILE, Pages 187-217, F.S. Nyland DESIGN ANALYSIS CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPACE VEHICLE ATTITUDE CONTROL, Pages 219-238, Walter O. Darby THE EFFECT OF HARD LIMITING IN SATELLITE REPEATERS ON SIGNALS EMPLOYING ANGLE MODULATION, Pages 241-293, R.E. Eschelbach ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE ANTENNA FOR SPACE VEHICLES, Pages 295-310, Leo W. Procopio THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROTE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS FOR THE ATLAS GUIDANCE COMPUTER SYSTEM, Pages 313-327, Howard R. Nonken INVESTIGATION OF DIGITAL COMPUTER RELIABILITY UTILIZING INTERMITTENT OPERATION ON LONG MISSIONS, Pages 329-339, G.C. Randa LOCKHEED SAMPLED-DATA SYSTEM FOR OPTIMUM TELEMETRY APPLICATIONS, Pages 343-363, D. Hochman, L.K. Koehler, C.M. Kortman ESTIMATES OF ACCURACY OF ATLANTIC MISSILE INSTRUMENTATION, Pages 365-390, Jerome P. Keuper NOTES ON EVALUATION OF AN IMPACT PREDICTION AND LOCATION SYSTEM, Pages 391-408, Victor B. Kovac A THEORY OF SCANNING FOR TIME AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION, Pages 409-432, John L. Hatcher REAL-TIME MULTIPROGRAMMING IN PROJECT MERCURY, Pages 435-445, M.J. Buist, G.M. Weinberg AUTOMATIC TELEMETRY MAGNETIC TAPE EDITING MACHINE, Pages 447-455, H.J. Hayes ANALOG SIMULATION OF DIGITAL CONTROL LOOPS, Pages 457-469, Arthur Freilich THE EXPANSION OF A GAS CLOUD INTO A VACUUM, Pages 471-494, W.G. Strang, I. Tarnove