Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing a Jupiter aerospace mission can enable delivery of a science payload to a Jupiter orbit on a direct Earth-to-Jupiter trajectory. Solar power and use of avionics also allow a fast assembly, integration, and test process compared to past outer Solar System missions. The spacecraft can include an aerodynamic forebody, a shell, and a thermal protection system. The spacecraft can manage the radiation environment, generate solar power, and return data to Earth with a robust radio-frequency (RF) amplification and antenna gain.

Abstract: A method for numerically compensating imaging errors caused by a geometrical deformation of a stereo camera, and to a corresponding computer program product for numerically compensating such imaging errors, and to a stereo camera which acquired images are numerically compensated as in the method and computer program product.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for a personalized task ranking system capable of ranking tasks based on task context and user attributes. One example system includes operations to receive a request via interactions with an interface from a client device. User attributes associated with the request are identified. Context attributes corresponding to each task are identified from the repository of contextual content. Relevance conditions corresponding to each of the tasks are identified. The relevance conditions for each of the tasks are evaluated by comparing each of the context attributes to the user attributes. Based on the evaluating, a relevance score is generated for each of the tasks included in the task list corresponding to the user. The task list is transmitted with the generated relevance score for each of the tasks included in the task list to the client device.

Abstract: A high temperature polymer composite includes nanocomposite material, such as carbon nanotubes, dispersed in polymer matrix composite resin interlayer region, which may include bismaleimide or polyamide resin, between fiber containing plies. The nanocomposite material may be in an operating temperature in a range between 400-800 degrees Fahrenheit. Gas turbine engine parts or components such as airfoils, stator vanes, casings, and ducts may be made of the high temperature polymer composite.

Abstract: A tooling assembly and method for forming a flange of a composite component is provided. The tooling assembly includes a mold configured to receive a composite material. The composite material may include a plurality of fabric plies impregnated with resin. The fabric plies may be debulked as they are being laid using a plurality of debulking tools, with the radius of each debulking tool growing as additional fabric plies are laid. A gas-permeable bagging material may be placed along the edge of the composite material to restrict resin flow while allowing for outgassing. The tooling assembly may further include a flange shoe tool that is joined with the mold to form the flange of the composite material. The mold and flange shoe tool may define a chamber and venting passageways that allow gases such as volatile compounds to escape while the composite component is being cured.

Abstract: A rose engine apparatus is disclosed for attaching to a lathe having a lathe bed and a headstock with a rotatable spindle. The apparatus includes a pivotal attaching means for pivotally attaching the headstock with the lathe bed. At least one cam is selectively fixable to a cam attachment means fixed to the spindle of the headstock, each cam having a continuous, variable radius along a peripheral edge thereof. A cam roller is fixed with the lathe bed so as to make contact with the peripheral edge of a selected cam. A biasing spring urges the selected cam against the roller means, such that the headstock pivots with respect to the lathe bed as a function of the variable radius of the selected cam, as the spindle and workpiece rotates. As such, cutting operations can be performed on the workpiece that correspond to the variable radius of the selected cam. The apparatus may be bypassed to allow conventional operation of the lathe without removing the apparatus therefrom.