Skip to main content

Engineering Challenges to the Long-Term Operation of the International Space Station (2000) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 34-35

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 34...
... Mr. Blaha has received numerous awards, including the Order of Friendship Medal from Russian President Boris Yeltsin, two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, and two Air Force Distinguished Flying Crosses.
Read the entire page →
From page 35...
... Hoffman is president of East Windsor Associates, a technical and management consulting firm. Previously, he was vice president of space and sea systems and executive vice president of Hamilton Standard, where he was the program manager for the Lunar Module life support system, Skylab crew equipment, and the Space Shuttle life support system.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • space shuttle
  • life support
  • academic publishers
  • space mission
  • force academy

  • station freedom
  • international space
  • kluwer academic
  • lunar module
  • five trips

  • mechanical engineers
  • written chapters
  • friendship medal
  • executive vice
  • prediction based

  • risk analysis
  • studies related
  • services automobile
  • extravehicular activity
  • distinguished service

  • situations influenced
  • industrial competitiveness
  • acting program
  • space engineering
  • computer modeling

  • include extravehicular
  • founding director
  • russian president
  • nuclear regulatory
  • logged five


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.