Abstract: A major component of a Martian In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) system is the CO2 acquisition…
Author: New NASA STI
Synergistic Use of Nighttime Satellite Data, Electric Utility Infrastructure, and Ambient Population to Improve Power Outage Detections in Urban Areas
Abstract: Natural and anthropogenic hazards are frequently responsible for disaster events, leading to damaged physical infrastructure,…
Robust Exploration and Commercial Missions to the Moon Using LANTR Propulsion and In-Situ Propellants Derived from Lunar Polar Ice (LPI) Deposits
Abstract: The nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) has frequently been identified as a key space asset required…
Exospheric Escape: A Parametrical Study
Abstract: The study of exospheres can help us understand the long-term loss of volatiles from planetary…
Mining Twitter Data to Augment NASA GPM Validation
Abstract: The Twitter data stream is an important new source of real-time and historical global information…
A Hierarchical Relationship Between the Fluence Spectra and CME Kinematics in Large Solar Energetic Particle Events: A Radio Perspective
Abstract: We report on further evidence that solar energetic particles are organized by the kinematic properties…
Remote Sensing of Precipitation from Airborne and Spaceborne Radar (Chapter 13.)
Abstract: Weather radar measurements from airborne or satellite platforms can be an effective remote sensing tool…
Active and Passive 3D Vector Radiative Transfer with Preferentially-Aligned Ice Particles
Abstract: For the purposes of interpreting active (radar) and passive (radiometer) microwave and millimeter wave remote…
A Ka-Band (26 GHz) Circularly Polarized 2×2 Microstrip Patch Sub-Array with Compact Feed
Abstract: A Ka-band (26 GHz) 2x2 array consisting of square-shaped microstrip patch antenna elements with two…
Xeropreservation of Functionalized Lipid Biomarkers in Hyperarid Soils in the Atacama Desert
Abstract: Our understanding of long-term organic matter preservation comes mostly from studies in aquatic systems. In…