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ENHANCED BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH LOW-COST PAYLOADS

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 637
Amount: $248,394.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1984
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
11301 Industrial Road
Manassas, VA 22110
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Donald A. Bass
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Research Institution
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Abstract

EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING PAYLOAD CONTROLLERS FOR USE BY SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER CREWS HAS UNVEILED THE CONTINUING AND GROWING PROBLEMS OF NON-STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL AND THE DISTRESS OF CREWS REQUIRED TO LEARN NEW KEYBOARDS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH "EVERY NEW EXPERIMENT". THE KEY TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE FAMILIAR TO THE ORBITER CREWS INCLUDING SUCH FEATURES AS: (1) STANDARD KEYBOARD WITH SPECIAL PURPOSE OVERLAY CAPABILITY. (2) STANDARDIZED NOMENCLATURE. (3) FULL FIELD DISPLAYS WITH DAYLIGHT AND DARK VISIBILITY. THE DESIGN APPROACH INCLUDES CUE CARDS, MENUS, AND NMEMONIC DICTIONARY AIDS FOR TRAINING AND WILL ALLOW FOR EASY EXPANSION INTO NEW APPLICATIONS BY ELECTRICALLY PROGRAMMABLE E PROMS. A GREATLY EXPANDED COMPUTING STORAGE AND DATA RETRIEVAL CAPABILITY WILL BE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE USE OF NEW LOW POWER CMOS, MICROPROCESSORS, EE PROMS AND RAM.

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