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attitude and control
The situation with regard to our attitude and `` control '' of disease contains close analogies to problems confronting us with respect to people.
In Earth orbit, the crew faced multiple minor technical issues, including a potential problem with the environmental control system and the S-IVB third stage's attitude control system, that were eventually resolved or compensated for in preparation for departure towards the Moon.
The lunar module ascent stage separated 24 April 1972 but a loss of attitude control rendered it out of control.
After initial acquisition, Autonav keeps the subject in frame, even commandeering the spacecraft's attitude control.
# an attitude control thruster ( a small engine for controlling the spacecraft's orientation ) stuck in the " off " position, which Remote Agent detected and compensated for by switching to a mode that did not rely on that thruster.
The spacecraft eventually ran out of hydrazine fuel for its attitude control thrusters.
The highly efficient ion thruster had a sufficient amount of propellant left to perform attitude control in addition to main propulsion, thus allowing the mission to continue.
* Emergency Sun Reacquisition, an attitude control mode of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO )
The adjective Orwellian connotes an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past.
Galileos attitude control system software was written in the HAL / S programming language, also used in the Space Shuttle program.
John Glenn's manual attitude adjustments during the first orbital flight were an example of the value of such control.
The spacecraft were only equipped with attitude control thrusters ; after orbit insertion but before retrofire they could not change their orbit.
The pilot could use any one of the three thruster systems and fuel them from either of the two fuel tanks to provide spacecraft attitude control.
The octagonal frame housed the electronic equipment, cabling, midcourse propulsion system, and attitude control gas supplies and regulators.
The space probe's attitude control was provided by 12 cold nitrogen gas jets mounted on the ends of the solar panels and three gyros.
On December 7 the gas supply in the attitude control system was exhausted, and on December 10 and 11 a total of 83 micrometeoroid hits were recorded which caused perturbation of the attitude and degradation of the signal strength.
Satellite subsystems attend many tasks, such as power generation, thermal control, telemetry, attitude control and orbit control.
Most satellites have simple reliable chemical thrusters ( often monopropellant rockets ) or resistojet rockets for orbital station-keeping and some use momentum wheels for attitude control.
Once in the desired orbit, they often need some form of attitude control so that they are correctly pointed with respect to the Earth, the Sun, and possibly some astronomical object of interest .< ref >
The most serious issue for reactivation was stationkeeping, as one of the station's gyroscopes had failed and the attitude control system needed refueling ; these issues would need EVA to fix or replace.

attitude and subsystem
; Attitude control: A Spacecraft needs an attitude control subsystem to be correctly oriented in space and respond to external torques and forces properly.
The attitude control subsystem consists of sensors and actuators, together with controlling algorithms.
An attitude and orbit-control subsystem ( comprising 5 Newton hydrazine thrusters for course manoeuvres, 20 milli-Newton cold gas thrusters for attitude control, and gyroscopes for attitude determination ) ensured correct dynamic attitude control and determination during the operational lifetime.
Other hardware components were supplied as follows: the beam-combining mirror from REOSC at Saint Pierre du Perray ; the spherical, folding and relay mirrors from Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen ; the external straylight baffles from CASA in Madrid ; the modulating grid from CSEM in Neuchatel ; the mechanism control system and the thermal control electronics from Dornier Satellite Systems in Friedrichshafen ; optical filters, the experiment structures and the attitude and orbit control system from Matra Marconi Space in Velizy ; instrument switching mechanisms from Oerlikon-Contraves in Zurich ; the image dissector tube and photomultiplier detectors assembled by the Dutch Space Research Organisation, SRON in The Netherlands ; the refocusing assembly mechanism designed by TNO-TPD in Delft ; the electrical power subsystem from British Aerospace in Bristol ; the structure and reaction control system from Daimler-Benz Aerospace in Bremen ; the solar arrays and thermal control system from Fokker Space System in Leiden ; the data handling and telecommunications system from Saab Ericsson Space in Gothenburg ; and the apogee boost motor from SEP in France.
Personnel supporting the mission from an MCC can include representatives of the attitude control system, power, propulsion, thermal, attitude dynamics, orbital operations and other subsystem disciplines.
A reaction control system ( RCS ) is a subsystem of a spacecraft whose purpose is attitude control and steering by the use of thrusters.
Furthermore, on both spacecraft a common design for the avionics, the attitude control and measurement system ( ACMS ) and the command and data management system ( CDMS ), and power subsystem and the tracking, telemetry and command subsystem ( TT & C ) has been achieved.
While designing a spacecraft, the orbit which is going to be used should be considered into the point as it affects attitude control, thermal design, and the electric power subsystem.
The attitude determination and control subsystem ( ADCS ) is used to change direction and altitude of the spacecraft.

attitude and permits
It therefore permits very precise changes in a spacecraft's attitude.
In addition, the polytomous Rasch model permits testing of the hypothesis that the statements reflect increasing levels of an attitude or trait, as intended.
He notes that John Paul, in discussing Jesus ' attitude to divorce, makes no mention of the qualification in Matthew 5: 32 where Jesus permits divorce for reason of adultery.

attitude and proper
Geikie, a Scottish-born Canadian, reflected the Anglocentric attitude that would be prevalent in Canada for the next hundred years when he referred to the language as " a corrupt dialect ", in comparison to what he considered the proper English spoken by immigrants from Britain.
Modern Japanese style training emphasizes the psychological elements incorporated into a proper kokoro ( attitude ) such as perseverance, fearlessness, virtue, and leadership skills.
If the spacecraft started to reenter nose first ( another stable reentry attitude for the spacecraft ), airflow over the spoiler would flip the spacecraft around to the proper, heatshield-first reentry attitude, a technique called shuttlecocking.
At this point the wires broke, the two modules separated, and the descent module settled into the proper reentry attitude.
The spacecraft momentarily regained its proper attitude, long enough for a nine-second-long retrorocket firing, but Luna 8 became unstable again.
In the basement of the Baptist church, he taught us the meaning of citizenship, patriotism, moral conduct, and the proper attitude toward others.
Thirdly, Pyrrho applied these results to life in general, concluding that, since nothing can be known, the only proper attitude is ataraxia, " freedom from worry ".
In 1401, Rothesay took on a more assertive and autonomous attitude, circumventing proper procedures, unjustifiably appropriating sums from the customs of the burghs on the east coast before provoking further animosity when he confiscated the revenues of the temporalities of the vacant bishopric of St Andrews.
Rabbi Dov Ber is reported to have learned from the Baal Shem Tov to value everyday things and events, and to emphasize the proper attitude with which to study Torah.
Following the Tao is also associated with a " proper " attitude, morality and lifestyle.
Japan adopted a more neutral attitude toward the civil war in China, dropped efforts to expand its hegemony into China proper, and joined the United States, Britain and France in encouraging Chinese self-development.
Schenker recalled a standoff with Hertzka, where Hertzka, took a " pacifist attitude towards international relations, cosmopolitan, democratic beliefs, working toward compromises " Over time, Schenker's attitude toward Hertzka and Universal Edition increased from disagreement to hostility, charging the firm with not doing enough to promote his work and accused them of not paying him the proper amount.
The racist attitude plays an intricate role in what the English view as successful and proper colonization.
Mission A-004 was unmanned and was conducted to demonstrate that ( 1 ) the launch escape vehicle would satisfactorily orient and stabilize itself in the proper attitude after being subjected to a high rate of tumbling during the powered phase of an abort and ( 2 ) the escape vehicle would maintain its structural integrity under test
In fact the political and revolutionary attitude proper to the Christian is radically different than the attitude of others ; it is specifically Christian or else it is nothing.
---- When the ship had stablilized in the proper attitude for firing, Lovell would deploy the LEM's landing gear, extending its four spidery legs to get them out of the way of the descent engine.
In its positive form the personalistic norm confirms this: the person is a good towards which the only proper and adequate attitude is love ".
As a traditional Japanese martial art there is also a high emphasize on etiquette, bowing ( ritsurei ) and attaining proper mental attitude in the student and approach to his / her training.
Thus when German unification became realistic, Wagner wanted to go back to Germany proper – a general attitude of Baltic Germans.
Non-Masonic authors, especially those with an anti-masonic attitude, have alleged that it is a Masonic name for God, and even the name of a unique " Masonic God ", despite repeated statements by Freemasonry's officials that " There is no separate Masonic God ", nor a separate proper name for a deity in any branch of Freemasonry.
This play portrayed the proper treatment of an adulteress as brutal confinement and isolation from others to punish her and prevent the spread of her attitude.

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