The growth and morphogenesis of plants are entirely dependent on the gravitational acceleration of earth. Under microgravity conditions in space, these processes are greatly modified. Recent space experiments, in combination with ground-based studies, have shown that elongation growth is stimulated and lateral expansion suppressed in various shoot organs and roots under microgravity conditions....

The rapid growth of space utilization requires extensive construction, and maintenance of space structures and satellites in orbit. This will, in turn, substantiate application of robotic systems in space. In this paper, a near-minimum-time optimal control law is developed for a rigid space platform with flexible links during an orientating maneuver with large angle of rotation. The time opti...

Numerous prior studies have shown that as proton beta increases, a narrower range of temperature anisotropy values is observed. This effect has often been ascribed to the actions kinetic microinstabilities because distribution observational data aligns with contours constant instability growth rates in beta-anisotropy plane. However, linear Vlasov theory instabilities assumes uniform background...