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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		MIT is a widely renowned leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including engineering systems, management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy.
		MIT maintains an undergraduate exchange program with the University of Cambridge in England, and a partnership known as the Cambridge-MIT Institute, which was established to bring the entrepreneurial spirit of MIT to Britain and to increase knowledge exchange between universities and industry.
		MIT faculty and students pride themselves on pure intellectual ability and achievement, and MIT professors often say that they grade with "all the letters of the alphabet." Due to these academic pressures, MIT culture is characterized by a love-hate relationship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MIT (4583 words)

	CSM Guidance
		MIT study of the guidance and control design for a variety of space missions A study of the guidance and control design for a variety of space missions began at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory under a NASA contract.
		MIT proposal for a study of a navigation and guidance system for Apollo The MIT Instrumentation Laboratory submitted a formal proposal to NASA for a study of a navigation and guidance system for the Apollo spacecraft.
		MIT selected for a study of a navigation and guidance system for the Apollo spacecraft NASA selected the Instrumentation Laboratory of MIT for a six-month study of a navigation and guidance system for the Apollo spacecraft.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/csmdance.htm (5306 words)

	openDOOR: MIT Working in the World, March 2002
		Some 150 faculty and students from MIT and 200 from the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University are creating a world-class center for graduate education and research in engineering--beyond the bounds of ordinary time and space.
		MIT Building Technology Research group, based in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is working on Sustainable Urban Housing in China.
		MIT is working with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tongji University in Shanghai, and local development companies in China.
	alumweb.mit.edu /opendoor/200203/jointlearning.shtml (677 words)

	CSM Source Selection
		Instrumentation requirements: all Groups should submit their requests for measurements to be made on the Apollo missions, including orbital, circumlunar, and lunar landing operations.
		Medical instrumentation would be used to monitor the crew during all flights, especially during stressful periods of early flights, and for special experiments to be performed in the space laboratory module and during extravehicular activity and lunar exploration.
		The instrumentation system would be required to detect, measure, and display all parameters needed by the crew for monitoring and evaluating the integrity and environment of the spacecraft and performance of the spacecraft systems.
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/craft/csmction.htm (11319 words)

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		LINCOLN LABORATORY, a reseorch center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is engaged in research and develop- ment in advanced elec- tronics, with emphosis on applications to national defense and space exploration.
		MIT worker killed Thomas Joseph Santos, 23, an employee of the MlT Graphic Arts department, was killed in- stantly Saturday night when the car in which he was riding smash- ed into a pole on Route 116 in Granby.
		In- cluded were MIT Professors Kevin Lynch and George Kepes, both of the Department of Architecture and City Planning.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_084/TECH_V084_S0301_P002.txt (957 words)

	Active Skim View of: 6. Charles Stark Draper
		To minimize uncertainties on that torque summing member, it was important that no forces or torques appear inside the instrument that were not a direct response to the angular motions of the aircraft or the reference system in which the sensing gyroscope was installed.
		The MIT Instrumentation Laboratory received the first contract award made by the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the moon program, but only after a careful evaluation of Doc's proposal had been made by the NASA staff.
		Without Hill, the transition of the former Instrumentation Laboratory, which had been renamed The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, from a member of the MIT family to a distant cousin status might not have occurred so smoothly and efficiently and possibly not at all.
	www.nap.edu /nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?isbn=0309050375&chap=122-159 (1728 words)

	Chariots For Apollo, ch2-4
		Their timing was bad; only two days earlier the Russians had crash-landed Lunik II on the moon (the first man-made object to reach that body) and had impressed the American space community by having built a launch vehicle powerful enough and a guidance system sophisticated enough to get it there.
		MIT's expertise centered on the first two of these factors; NASA engineers (particularly those who had worked with earth-orbital flight) emphasized the first and third.
		Still, NASA's Apollo engineers were encouraged by what they saw of the laboratory's work and were assured by MIT that getting to the moon and back was simpler than guiding an antiballistic missile or circumnavigating the earth under water in a nuclear submarine.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-4205/ch2-4.html (1646 words)

	Ray CVT
		Ausrotas, a principal at FTA, was the Associate Director of the MIT Flight Transportation Laboratory (FTL) from 1971 to 1996.
		Ausrotas had been with the Instrumentation Laboratory at MIT (now C.S. Draper Laboratory), working in the area of applied mathematics, with emphasis on the guidance, navigation and control of aerospace vehicles.
		Studies at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory involved the proposed use of an accurate guidance system as a substitute for existing test range instrumentation schemes; development of techniques for alignment and calibration of advanced inertial guidance systems; and the proposed use of two satellites to more accurately determine the earth's gravity field.
	www.ftausa.com /raycvt.htm (463 words)

	Gimbal Angles and Gimbal Lock
		See, also, MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Document E-1344, 'Apollo Guidance and Navigation: Considerations of Apollo IMU Gimbal Lock 'by David Hoag, April 1963.
		The following is taken from an April 1963 MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Document, E-1344, 'Apollo Guidance and Navigation: Consideration of Apollo IMU Gimbal Lock' by David Hoag.
		MIT waged a 'war' to convince everybody, especially the astronauts, that the simpler, three-gimbal unit was the only way to get Apollo to the moon on time.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/alsj/gimbals.html (1042 words)

	Draper Laboratory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Draper Laboratory is distinguished from other government-sponsored research organizations in that it designs, fabricates, and tests hardware and software prototypes and then assists the government in transferring that technology to industry.
		Charles Stark Draper, "the father of inertial navigation," Draper Laboratory began as the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory.
		The Laboratory has supported the NASA space program for over 25 years and is currently under contract to the Johnson Space Center for guidance, navigation, and control support to the Space Shuttle program.
	www.jsc.draper.com /draper.html (272 words)

	MITILAC
		The history of space guidance and navigation begins in the early 1950s when the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory was chosen to provide a self-contained guidance system backup for the new Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile.
		Computing developments during the 1950s are considered, taking into account the construction of the all-electronic digital computer at MIT in the early 1950s, the first algebraic compiler, and the design of an algebraic programming language.
		to minimize the transitional shock to those laboratory engineers who, though still uncomfortable with the digital computer, were beginning to wean themselves away from their more familiar analog devices.
	hopl.murdoch.edu.au /showlanguage.prx?exp=96&language=MITILAC (492 words)

	MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Welcome to the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory, part of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
		Instrumentation is another of our interests, as it allows us to specifically pursue our research objectives (e.g MagIC - a CCD camera for the Magellan telescopes).
		Currently, we are collaborating with colleagues at Williams College to build four portable, high-speed occultation cameras, and we are part of the team HIPO -- a first-light instrument to be flown on SOFIA.
	occult.mit.edu (242 words)

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		It was presented to MIT by Theodore V. Houser, a re- tired chairman of the board at Sears, and will be kept in the Dewey Library for the use of persons doing research in business, finance and related subjects.
		Polaris Guidance System Improved Officials at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory recently re- leased information pertaining to the latest inertial guidance system now being developed for use in the Navy's improved A-3 Polaris missile.
		He is the director of the MIT Research Lab- oratory of Electronics and the Center for Communications Sci- ence.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_080/TECH_V080_S0260_P001.txt (1374 words)

	ME at MIT: Academic Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory, located in Room 3-062 in the Pappalardo Laboratories, is the home of Course 2.671 Measurement and Instrumentation.
		The instruments provided at each station include a digital multimeter, high performance digital oscilloscope, function generator and a high performance computer with a 250k sample/second data acquisition system.
		Students are able to record their data during the experimental session and access it over the mecheng computer domain for subsequent analysis and report writing.
	me.mit.edu /Resources/InstrumentationLab.htm (216 words)

	Systems Integration for Project Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fraser joined MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory (which became the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in 1973) as a member of the technical staff, and later served as the director of the Control and Flight Dynamics Division, vice president of technical operations, and executive vice president.
		From 1961 to 1968 he was associated with the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked in the areas of ballistic missile defense and re-entry technology.
		Paulikas has served as a consultant to the NASA Office of Space Sciences and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and he was a member of the executive committee of the University of California at Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory.
	www4.nationalacademies.org /webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/ASEB-J-04-04-A?OpenDocument (2513 words)

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		As a member of the MIT faculty and head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Draper developed an extensive program in instrumentation and control.
		His team of students and technicians at MIT expanded to become the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, and in 1973 that lab incorporated as a separate, nonprofit research and development laboratory—
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize was established by the National Academy of Engineering at the request of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. to honor the memory of Charles Stark Draper and to increase public understanding of the contributions of engineering and technology to the welfare and freedom of humanity.
	www.nae.edu /nae/awardscom.nsf/SubpagePrintView/NAEW-4NHMP5?OpenDocument (529 words)

	Draper Laboratory - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., is a private, nonprofit corporation dedicated to scientific research, development, and education.
		Located adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., the Draper Laboratory was original established as the Instrumentation Laboratory of MIT in 1930.
		In its early years, the laboratory pioneered the development of gyroscopically based gun pointing and firing systems for shipboard and fighter-aircraft use.
	www.jsc.draper.com /overview.html (204 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was founded in the 1930’s by Dr. Charles Stark Draper as the Instrumentation Laboratory in the Department of Aeronautics at MIT.
		The procedure is for the student to apply for admission to MIT in accordance with the standard admission procedure.
		Students interested in applying to be a Draper Fellow should indicate their interest on their MIT Financial Aid Statement by adding Draper Fellow as an option in question 5, and also inform the Draper Education Office by e-mail that they have done so.
	www.afpc.randolph.af.mil /fdso/Draper.htm (517 words)

	FSRL: Projects: Self-Transforming Robotic Planetary Explorers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The focus of the recently completed 6 month Phase I study was to develop concepts of system architectures for planetary robotics in the 10 to 40 year time frame.
		It was also the goal of this preliminary study to begin to identify and assess enabling technologies which will be instrumental to the development of these system concepts.
		The identified technologies pertain to all aspects of robotic systems, however, preliminary research is concentrated in the areas of the physical system (structure, actuation, information and power networks), motion control, and configuration planning.
	robots.mit.edu /projects/old_projects/niac (1482 words)

	MIT Class of 1962 Notes
		Paul D. Shannon dropped us a note via the MIT Alumni/ae Office to let us know that he retired from Motorola in August, 1998, at age 70 after 21 years service.
		Paul previously worked for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) for 14 years, and prior to that he worked for the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory for 7 years.
		Meade Wyman, Jim Draper and their wives were all present at the dedication of the David H. Koch Biology Building on the MIT Campus.
	alumweb.mit.edu /classes/1962/techrev/0009.html (686 words)

	Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History
		The Apollo guidance, control and navigation system was designed by Draper Laboratory (nee the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory) during the mid to late '60's, but was the legacy of a series of earlier studies of Mars photographic reconnaissance missions which had been sponsored by the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division.
		The development of rocket engines and inertial measurement instruments was basic to turning the dream of poets into the reality of a trip to the moon, but on a narrower scale the development of practical guidance and navigation algorithms was enabled by the development of programmable digital computers and of higher order programming languages.
		On board the Mariner Spacecraft are a number of instruments which perform experiments designed to further man's knowledge concerning the scientific properties of the planets and deep space.
	klabs.org /richcontent/Misc_Content/AGC_And_History/AGC_History.htm (10441 words)

	Learning in Retirement Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jerry Gilmore, retired director of Space Programs at the C.S. Draper Laboratory, formerly the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, will present a summary of the Apollo Program, the Race to the Moon.
		MIT Iinstrumentation Lab(MIT IL) was the first organization that was selected by NASA to work on the Apollo Program.
		Jerry joined the MIT team in 1962 and worked on the program through all of the flights, including the Moon landing and Apollo 13.
	www.uml.edu /dept/comm_service/LIRA/current/wint_05.html (789 words)

	ipedia.com: Apollo Guidance Computer Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was developed for the Apollo program by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory under Charles Stark Draper, with hardware...
		It was developed for the Apollo program by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory under Charles Stark Draper, with hardware design led by Eldon C. Hall (see References).
		The command module (CSM) had two DSKYs; one located on the main instrument panel and another located in the lower equipment bay near a sextant used for aligning the inertial guidance platform.
	www.ipedia.com /apollo_guidance_computer.html (3620 words)

	Researchers' Writings & Exhibits: Institute Archives & Special Collections: MIT
		"MIT and the Gradualism Thesis." Presented at annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History, San Diego, Calif., April 2004.
		"MIT and the $30,000 Cup of Coffee: Science, the 'Sanitary Vision,' and the Pursuit of Perfection in the Early 20th Century." Paper presented at meeting of History of Science Society, 24 October 1998.
		"MIT Finds an 'Angel': Academic R and D and the Dilemmas of Federal/Private Cooperation in the Decade before the Second World War." Unpublished paper, 1988.
	libraries.mit.edu /archives/research/works.html (8173 words)

	The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Vol. I. Part 2 (1961 Oct/Nov)
		Robert G. Chilton of STG gave the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory new information based on NASA in- house studies on the Apollo spacecraft roll inertia, pitch and yaw inertia, and attitude jets.
		Memoranda, Jack Barnard, Apollo Project Office, to Associate Director, MSC, "Visit to MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Concerning the Apollo Navigation and Guidance System," November 15, 1961; William W. Petynia, Apollo Project Office, to Associate Director, MSC, "Third Apollo Monthly Meeting at MIT Instrumentation Laboratory on November 8-9," November 15, 1961.
		On a visit to Marshall Space Flight Center by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory representatives, the possibility was discussed of emergency switchover from Saturn to Apollo guidance systems as backup for launch vehicle guidance.
	history.nasa.gov /SP-4009/v1p2e.htm (5175 words)

	Greenwich Town Departments - First Selectman
		While a student at MIT, Jim joined the Apollo Space Program team answering the call of President Kennedy for the “best and the brightest” to work at landing a man on the moon.
		Jim worked at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and Lincoln Laboratory between 1962 and 1966.
		After graduating from MIT, Jim accepted an offer from the Boeing Company in New Orleans to continue his work on the Apollo Program and worked on this mission as an Astronautical Engineer into 1969.
	www.greenwichct.org /FirstSelectman/fsBiography.asp (395 words)

	NASM Space Artifacts: Apollo Guidance and Navigation System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This unit was used for testing and evaluation at the MIT Instrumentation laboratory, where the systems were built.
		After the third stage of the apollo/Saturn V rocket fired, taking Apollo astronauts on a trajectory away from the Earth's orbit toward the Moon, guidance and control was transferred to a system that combined inertial sensors, optical sightings of stars, and a digital computer.
		A system was developed by the MIT Instrumentation laboratory (now the Charles Stark Draper laboratory), under the direction of Charles Stark Draper.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/dsh/artifacts/GC-apollogns.htm (291 words)

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