Technology and Policy Program
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Recent Submissions
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Emergence of second-generation low earth orbit satellite constellations : a prospective technical, economic, and policy analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Modern proposals for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations underscore the tremendous potential and versatility of distributed spacecraft missions (DSMs), but they have also begun to stress the limits of the existing ... -
Systems theoretic accident analysis of an offshore supply vessel collision
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)This thesis uses Dr. Leveson's Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process (STAMP) model of accident causation to analyze a collision in late July 2014 between two Offshore Supply Vessels equipped with software-intensive ... -
Trends in and influence of regional federally funded research and development in the US
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Over the last few decades, although US gross domestic spending on Research and Development (R&D) as a percentage of GDP has risen from around 2.27% in 1981 to 2.74% in 2016, federal funding for R&D has fallen steadily, ...
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