Table of Figures

SECTION 1: CYBER-HUMAN SYSTEMS (CHS) 

  1. The Technological Future – Merging with Machines [Toebes] √

1‑1 Ancient Egyptian Prosthetic Toe
1‑2 Capua Leg – 300BC

1‑3 Prosthetic Hand Device To Enable Writing

1‑4 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand

1‑5 3D Printed Parts For Iron Man Prosthetic Arm

1‑6 Historical Exoskeletons

1‑7 Timeline Of Exoskeletons 2014-2020

1‑8 Shift Moonwalkers

1‑9 Hypershell

1-10 Gundam Factory Moving RX-78 Gundam

1-11 J-Diete Ride Transforming Robot

1-12 Kuratas

1-13 Super Guzzilla

1-14 Extra Thumb – Photograph: Tom Stewart

1-15 3D Bioprinter Printing A Sample  (Image Credit Andrew Brodhead)

1-16 3D Printing Mice Stem Cells On An Anet A8 Printer

1-17 3D Printing Inside The Body
1-18 Micro/Nanomotors In Regenerative Medicine

1-19 Pangolin-Inspired RF Heating Mechanism For Untethered Magnetic Robots

1-20 Picking Up A Paper Clip With An Implanted Magnet

1‑21 Project Bionic Yourself (B10NLC) Implant In Arm

1-22 Wearable Ultrasonic Sensor

1-23 2014 Telepathy Experiment

1-24 Language Decoder For LLM A.I.

1-25 Neuralink Insertion Robot

1-26 Virtuix Omni One VR Treadmill

1-27 Haptx Force Feedback VR Gloves

1-28 Nimbro Xprize Avatar Finals Operator Station

 

2.  CHS Sensors and the Law (Lonstein) √

2-1 Protests in Melbourne Australia (William, West Agency France-Presse

2-2 Las Vegas Mass Shooting

2-3 Lindbergh accepts medal presented by Hermann Goering on behalf of Adolph Hitler

2-4 Leaving Los Alamos

2-5 Sidney J. Stein Grave, Frazer, Pa.

2-6 RAI Survey April 2023

2-7 War Games Movie Nuclear War Machine Learning Scene

 

3.  Artificial Brains and Body (Mumm) √

3-1: Humanoid robot in runner’s starting stance

3-2: Comparison Chart of Humanoid vs. Robot

3-3: Jellyfish might clean the ocean one day

3-4: Jellyfish might clean the ocean one day

3-5: Beerbots help fermentation

3-6: Creating the future

3-7: Phoenix

3-8: Velox Robot

3-9: Robotic Manicure Station

3-10: Male human wearing an augmented reality visor with graphene sensors attached to the back of the scalp

3-11: Brain image highlighting surgical area

3-12: A Caterpillar 550 autonomous mining truck

 

4.  AI / ML And Agriculture And Food Industries [Nichols, Hood, Sincavage] √

4-1 Integrate UAV Technology with Yield Maps

4-2 (a) State-of-the-art open-loop remote sensing paradigm and (b) closed-loop IPM paradigm envisioned in this article. Sensing drones could be used for detection of pest hotspots, while actuation drones could be used for precision distribution of solutions

4-3 Digital Farmland

4-4 SOCIP

4-5 Role of AI in the Food Industry

4-6 Important Applications Taken From Food Processing And Handling Industry

4-7 Data Analysis in the Food Industry

4-8 ML Application In The Restaurant Business

4-9 AI in Food Safety

4-10 Robocrop picking crops

4-11 Animal Disease From Potential Bioterrorist Agents I

4-12 Animal Disease From Potential Bioterrorist Agents II

4-13 Human Disease From Potential from Bioterrorist Agents I

4-14 Human Disease From Potential from Bioterrorist Agents II

4-15 USDA High Consequence Foreign Animal Diseases and Pests I

4-16 USDA High Consequence Foreign Animal Diseases and Pests II

4-17 Selected Zoonoses of Companion Animals I

4-18 Selected Zoonoses of Companion Animals II

4-19 NASA Earth Fleet

4-20 Layers of Agriculture Investigation

 

  1. The Reality of Cyborgs and the Look of the Future (Johnson) √

5-1 Neil Harbisson, A Color-Blind Artist Whose Neurological Implant Allows Him To Hear Sound

5-2 Steve Mann’s Wearable Computer

5-3 Evolution Of Cyborg

5-4 Rob Spence, Eyeborg

5-5 Detail Of Rob Spence Prosthetic Eye.

5-6 Augmented Reality Sar

5-7 Var & Rf-Visual In Hand Verification

5-8 Brain Control Interface

5-9 Development Of Neuron Devices

5-10 Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface (Ami) And Neuro-Embodied Design

5-11 Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface (Ami) And Neuro-Embodied Design

5-12 Dr. Hugh Herr & Ami Prosthetic Legs

5-13 Dr. Herr & Adrianne Haslet-Davis, A Ballroom Dancer Lost Her Left Leg In The 2013 Terror Attack On The Boston Marathon.

5-14 DARPA Conception Of An Exoskeleton For Soldiers

5-15 The Human Universal Load Carrier, Or HULC

5-16  BMI & BCI For Sensorimotor Disorder

5-17  BMI & BCI For Bi-Directional Thought Control Of Prosthesis

5-18 Timeline Of BCI & AI Development

5-19 Prospects Of BCI

5-20 Pew Research Center Data

5-21 Pew Research Center Data

5-22 Pew Research Center Data

5-23 The Singularity Timeline

5-24 The Six Epochs Of Evolution

5-25 NASA “The Cyborg Study” Design Group Requirements

 

6. Machines Hacking Machines – Turing’s Legacy (Carter) √

6-1 German Enigma Machine

6-2 The Enigma Plugboard

6-3 Agreement Between France, Great Britain, and Poland

6-4 WWII Polish Mathematician Marian Rejewski

6-5 Bletchley Park Codebreakers

6-6 Polish Enigma Machine

6-7 The Purple Machine

6-8 In Dayton Ohio, U.S. Navy women worked in three shifts a day constructing the many gears and gadgets that make up the Bombes

6-9 Diagram of the Turing Test

6-10 Cartoon the Turing Test

6-11 SpiNNaker

6-12 Alan Mathison Turing

 

7.  Management Challenges for Mixed Human-Machine Teams (Ryan)  √

8.  Chapter 8: Neurostrike – The Cyber, Cognitive, Nanotech And Electronic Gateway To Mindfully Impaired Metaverse And CHATGPT  (McCreight) √

 8-1  Extract From Nanoparticles In Food Raise Safety Questions

 

 SECTION 2: SPACE THREATS  

9.  Biological Threats and Growth in Space (Sincavage & Muehlfelder, & Carter ) √

9-1 The Allan Hills 84001 Meteorite

9-2 International Space Station

9-3 Bacteria Found On Curiosity Before Launch

9-4 Methylobacterium

9-5 Fungi From The Microbial Tracking-1 Experiment

 

10.  Space Electronic Warfare (Nichols) √ 

10-1 The Ephemeris Defines The Satellite’s Location With Six Factors.

10-2 Altitude Of A Circular Satellite Is A Function Of Its Orbital Period

10-3 Earth Trace Of The Satellite Is The Path Of The SVP Over The Earth’s Surface In A Polar View.

10-4 Earth Trace Of A Satellite Is The Path Of The SVP Over The Earth’s Surface In An Equatorial View.

10-5 Example Calculation: Maximum Range To A Synchronous Satellite On The Horizon Is 41,759 km By Kepler’s Laws. Link Loss For A 2 GHz Signal Would Be From 189.5 To 190.9 dB.

10-6 The Azimuth And Elevation Angle From The Nadir Defines The Direction Of A Threat To A Satellite.

10-7 A Spherical Triangle Is Formed Between The North Pole, The SVP, and the Threat Location.

10-8 The Elevation From The Nadir And Range To A Threat From A Satellite Can Be Determined From The Plane Triangle Defined By The Satellite, Threat, And The Center Of The Earth.

10-9  Intercepted Communication Signal

10-10 Jammed / Spoofed Communications Signal

10-11 Successful Intercept

10-12 Shows Successful Spoofing Of A Satellite Signal.

10-13 Intercept Link

 

11. Space Systems Modeling and Simulation (Diebold) √

11-1: Apollo Program Command Module Simulator (Source: NASA TN D-7122)

11-2: Simulator Use for Flight Crew Training (Source: NASA TN D-7122)

11-3: Space Environment: Total Launches by Country from 1957 to 2022 (Source: CSIS Aerospace Security | Space-Track.org)

11-4: Graphic Representation of All Satellites Orbiting Earth by Country of Ownership (Source: SatelliteXplorer | ESRI)

11-5: Tomahawk Missile Model (Source: The Guardian | Credit: US Navy)

11-6: Image of Sharyat Airfield, Syria (Source: USNI News | Image Credit: US Department of Defense)

11-7: Aftermath of 2017 Tomahawk Strike on Shayrat Airfield (Source: USNI News | Image Credit: US Department of Defense)

11-8: Aftermath of 2017 Tomahawk Strike on Shayrat Airfield (Source: USNI News | Image Credit: US Department of Defense)

11-9: How it Works – Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Sources: The Independent, Wikimedia Commons, Globalsecurity.org, U.S. Department of Defense | Image Credit: Karl Tate/Space.com)

11-10: Notional Flight Paths of Hypersonic Boost-Glide Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, and Cruise Missiles (Source: Breaking Defense | Credit: CSBA)

11-11: Ballistic vs. Hypersonic Missile Trajectories (Source: GAO-22-105075)

11-12: Notional Generic MDTF (Source: CRS IF11797 | Credit: Chief of Staff Paper #1 Army Multi-Domain Transformation Ready to Win in Competition and Conflict)

11-13: The delivery of the prototype hypersonic hardware to soldiers of 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (Source: DefenseNews | Image Credit: Staff Sgt. Kyle Larsen/U.S. Army)

11-14: Crew members from the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress during a hypersonic test, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020. (Source: Space.com | Image Credit: USAF/Giancarlo Casem)

11-15: Model of Chinese DF-ZF Hypersonic Missile (Source: Atlantic Council | Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

11-16: Russian Kinzhal Hypersonic Ballistic Missile (Source: Atlantic Council | Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

11-17: Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic Efforts in a Notional Scenario (Source: GAO-22-105075 from analysis of Missile Defense Agency Documentation)

11-18: Notional Depiction of Layered Homeland Defense (Source: GAO-22-105075 from Depiction of Missile Defense Agency Data)

11-19: Description of Missile Defense System (MDS) Programs (Source: GAO-22-105075 from Presentation of Missile Defense Agency Data)

11-20: The Nudol PL-19 Anti-Ballistic Missile Interceptor (Source: Arms Control Association | Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense)

11-21: China’s Ballistic & Cruise Missile Capabilities (Source: CSIS Missile Defense Project)

11-22: China’s Regional Missile Threats (Source: CSIS Missile Defense Project)

11-23: Russia’s Land-Based Missile Capabilities (Source: CSIS Missile Defense Project)

11-24: Unified Land Operations Example Deep-Close Security Operational Framework (Source: ADRP 3-0, 2012)

11-25: Domains and Dimensions of an Operational Environment (Source: FM 3-0, 2022)

11-26: The Multi-Domain Operations Framework (Source: TP 525-3-1)

11-27: The Operational Framework in the Context of the Strategic Framework (Source: FM 3-0)

11-28: Notional Corps Deep, Close, and Rear Areas with Contiguous Divisions (Source: FM 3-0, 2022)

11-29: Notional Roles and Responsibilities in Terms of Time, Space, and Purpose at Different Echelons (Source: FM 3-0, 2022)

11-30: Convergence in Multi-Domain Operations (Source: FM 3-0, 2022)

11-31: China and Russia in Competition and Armed Conflict Problems Superimposed on the MDO Framework (Source: TP 525-3-1)

11-32: Convergence Generating Cross-Domain Synergy and Layered Options (Source: TP 525-3-1)

11-33: MDO Solutions (Source: TP 525-3-1)

11-34: Notional Enemy Offensive Operation (Source: FM 3-0, 2022)

11-35: Notional Enemy Maneuver Defense (FM 3-0, 2022)

11-36: Examples of Modeling and Simulation Resolution Levels: (left) Military Simulations and (right) Physiological Models (Source: Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Volume 26, Number 4 | Credit: James Coolahan)

11-37: A Potential Taxonomy for Models and Simulations Used at APL: Four Views and Sample Characteristics (Source: Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Volume 26, Number 4 | Credit: James Coolahan)

11-38: Sample EOB Listing (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-39: ROUTE Coordinate System Showing Radar, Line of Sight, Aircraft, and Terrain Profile (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-40: Ground Distance and Azimuth Direction from Radar to Aircraft (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-41: Slant Range and Elevation Angle from Radar to Aircraft (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-42: Diagram Showing Radar Beam Look Angle (in Elevation) (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-43: Simple Radar Range Calculation (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-44: Slant Distance from Radar to Aircraft Calculation (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-45: Geometry of Radar, Penetrating Aircraft, and Stand-Off Jammer (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-46: Definition of RCS (Source: MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

11-47: Factors Determining RCS (Source: MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

11-48: Components of Target RCS (Source: MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

11-49: RCS Example (Source: MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

11-50: Threat’s View of the Radar Range Equation (Source: MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

11-51: Measured and Calculated RCS of Johnson Generic Aircraft Model (Source: MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

11-52: ROUTE Algorithm for Calculating the Radar-Range Equation (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-53: Radar Parameters Used in Radar-Range Equation (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-54: IMOM ROUTE Algorithm Description (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-55: Color Code for Radar Detection (Credit: Richard C. Ormesher)

11-56: AFSIM Application Screenshot (Source: CSIAC | Credit: Col Timothy West and Brian Birkmire)

11-57: AFSIM Levels of Wargaming Simulations (Source: CSIAC | Credit: Col Timothy West and Brian Birkmire)

11-58: AFSIM Architectural Elements (Source: CSIAC | Credit: Col Timothy West and Brian Birkmire)

11-59: EADSIM Application Screenshots (Source: USASMDC EADSIM Fact Sheet)

11-60: GMAT Project Sample Screenshot (Source: SOURCEFORGE)

11-61: Sample GMAT Illustration Using a Low Thrust Propulsion System and Cube-Sat for a Lunar Mission (Source: GMAT Wiki)

11-62: Sample STK Screenshot Demonstrating Advanced Modeling of Space-Based Platforms and Payloads (Source: Ansys STK Premium Space Brochure)

11-63: Sample STK Screenshot Demonstrating the Space Environment Effects Tool (Source: Ansys STK Premium Space Brochure)

11-64: FreeFlyer Used in the ISS NASA Mission Control Center at Houston, TX (Source: a.i. solutions FreeFlyer Capabilities Brochure)

11-65: Sample FreeFlyer Screenshot Demonstrating Analysis of Constellations (Source: a.i. solutions FreeFlyer Capabilities Brochure)

 

12.  Deep Space Warfare and Space Dominance (Nichols) √      

12-1 Life Expectancy Following Cold Water Immersion

12-2 Life Expectancy Following Cold-Water Immersion (Exposure Suit)

12-3 Hypernova

12-4 A Simulated Drawing Of A Large Black Hole Emitting High-Energy Atomic Jets.

 

SECTION 3: SPACE WARFARE, HYPERSONICS, & MATERIALS

 

13.  Progress in Hypersonic Missiles and Space Defense (Slofer) √

13-1 Hypersonic Weapons, An Enviable Asset Or Formable Foe

13-2 The Observe. Orient. Decide. Act-Loop

13-3 Scientific Challenges Associated With Hypersonic Flight

13-4 Shock And Compression Waves

13-5 Shock And Compression Waves

13-6  Improvements In The Use Of Various Materials For Heat Dissipation

13-7 Comparative Speeds and Temperatures

13-8 Examples Of Various Cooling Techniques

13-9  Morphing Wings And Airframes

13-10 Sample Of High-Level Architecture For U Coupling With A Refueling Drogue Coupling

13-11 Cutaway Diagram of the X-51A HCM with Subsystems

13-12 Detection avoidance

13-13 Categories of Hypersonic Missiles

13-14 Sample Ballistic Missile Trajectories

13-15 Points Of Terrestrial Detection of HCM, HGV, and Ballistic Missiles

13-16 Possible Alternate Target Options of an HCM or HGV

13-17 Project Thor

13-18 Chinese Reported Test Drop of KE HGV

13-19 Plans For A U.S. Military Mega-Constellation

13-20 Mesh Network Of Satellites in a Constellation

13-21  Layered Detection, Tracking, And Intercept

13-22 Layered Detection And Defense

13-23 Hypersonic Surface-To-Air Inceptor Missile

13-24 Stated ODIN System aboard USS Stockdale

13-25 THOR Microwave DEW system

 

14.  The Rise of Cyber Threats in Space – Future of Cyberwar (Farcot) √

14-1: NASA’s budget since 1960

14-2: Satellite Capabilities By Country – 1966 To 2020

14-3: Satellite Capabilities By Country – 1966 To 2020

14-4: Satellite Orbital Types

14-5: Chinese Ground Stations

14-6: Chinese Ground Stations

14-7: SpaceX Starlink Satellite Deployment

14-8: Current And Future Projection Of Active Satellites In Orbit

14-9: Current And Future Projection Of Active Satellites In Orbit

14-10: Current And Future Projection Of Active Satellites In Orbit

14-11: Legacy GPS Jammer

14-12: ASAT Testing Timeline

14-13: Man-Made Space Objects

14-14: GPS Satellite Fleet

14-15: GPS Ground Control Stations

14-16: Space Object Accumulation

14-17: Man-Made Threats Overview

 

15.  Strategy and Economics of Space Missions (Jackson & Joseph) √

15-1: NASA’s In-Space Manufacturing Roadmap

15-2: Microgravity Environments Reduces Thermal and Solute Convection Flows

15-3: Microgravity Environments Minimizes Sedimentation and Buoyancy of Phases

15-4: ISS Materials Science Facilities: Materials Science Glovebox (MSG) Facilities

15-5: International Space Station’s FDM Printer

15-6: ISS Materials Science Facilities: Low Gradient Furnace (LGF) & Solidification Quench Furnace (SQF)

15-7: Microgravity Allows Processing without Containment to Manufacture Items on the ISS

15-8: Photo-Polymer Reaction Sequence

15-9: Sequential formation of solids through UV laser curing

15-10: Layer-to-layer Bonding and a Scanning Electron Micrograph Showing the Cross Section of a Cured Line

15-11: Schematic of the Stereolithography Process

15-12: Factors Affecting the Sweeping Process

15-13: The Zephyr Re-coating System

15-14:  Level Determination on the Resin Surface

15-15:  Using a Flat-field Lens to Correct for Focal Displacement

15-16: Stair-stepping phenomenon

15-17: NASA’s Earth Science Satellite Fleet

15-18: Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building on April 29, 2021

15-19: The International Space Station

 

16.  Quantum Technologies And Their Applicability To Space Operations (Drew) √

16-1: Definitions of Superposition, Entanglement, and Observation

16-2: Because qubits can exist in multiple states simultaneously, they can perform multiple operations simultaneously

16-3: NASA’s PEACOQ Detector

16-4: Goddard Space Flight Center and AOSense, Inc. control atoms to spell “NASA.”

 

17.  Wireless Power for Space Applications (Khan) √

17-T-1 Comparison Magnetic Resonance And SCMR Systems

17-1  4-Tier WPT System Where The Chirality Of Helices And Parasitic Elements Are

17-T-2 Electric And Magnetic Field Patterns

17-2 H-Field And E-Field Near-Field Studies

17-3 Transfer Efficiencies In % For Different 4-Tier Arrangements. Best Results Are Indicated For RRRR And RLLR Arrangements

17-4 Resonances For Different Chiral Orders

17-T-3 Summary Of Preliminary Work

17-5 Proposed Measurement Setup For Measuring WPT Efficiency And Lateral Emissions

17-6 Previously Used Instrumentation For Efficiency Measurement. Clockwise From Left, Adjustable Stand, Transmitter Cart, Receiving Antenna. An Adjustable Height Test Stand Supports A Breadboarded Power Management Circuit And A Receiving Antenna, Suspending It Above A Transmitter Cart/Antenna At Set Distances

17-7 Relationship Between Self-Impedance, Mutual Impedances, Load Impedance, Currents, And Applied Voltage

17-8 Equations For Finding Coupling Using Simulated Or Measured Results

17-9 Mutual Inductance Calculated With Semi-Analytical Approach

17-10 From A Single WPT Receiver Nec4 Simulation Shows System (A) And (B) Are Operating At Almost 100% Efficiency. All Receivers Are Within The Same Near-Field Zone Of The Source

17-11 Magnetic Field Containment Within Connecting Wire

 

APPENDIX A dB MATH AND PLANE / SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY PRIMER

 

A-1  Right Triangle

A-2 Triangle on a Sphere

A-3 Napier’s Rules for Right Spherical Triangles

 

 

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