10/1/21: Finished the reading

   AGENDA  AND  MINUTES

  1. Updates: 

• VJB paper. Will be in issue 5 or 6, but no new news.
• MH paper. Still waiting, no changes.
• PT paper. Conference will be Oct. 28-29. Program: https://saiconference.com/FTC2021/Agenda.
• VJB update. He's doing the half life analysis based on failures per year, which is the 2nd experiment.
• SD results. Still investigating the data file from planet4589.
• PT candidacy exam. Met last person and got some advice: Dr. P. wrote, "I met with [PT] this morning for his candidacy examination.  I think he is very well prepared to start his dissertation proposal work.  [He] has been working with [DB] on satellite data and forecasting future life expectancy.  There is a growing area of interest in orbit debris (see some samples below)

* https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/

* https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html

* https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Orbital-Debris-RD-Plan-2021.pdf

* https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/25/2020-13185/mitigation-of-orbital-debris-in-the-new-space-age

* https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Space_Debris

* https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/603125/officials-expand-space-tracking-website/

* https://www.space-track.org/auth/login

I definitely approve of [PT]'s work.  In particular, I think if he takes advantage of the growing interest in data science for space debris and its impact on satellite traffic, he would find some excellent DOD funding opportunities, a growing community of researchers, and some very good career opportunities since this is a global problem for anyone interested in satellite communications."

• Financials. 
• As of 6/25/21, PT paid $400 for FTC and the college has agreed to reimburse him for it after the conference, which is in late October.

2. Reading and discussion:

• Hu et al. 2015, A survey on life prediction of equipment. Last time we finished up to section 5, and this time we finished the paper. Next time we start on a new paper.

---------------------------------------Below are some ideas for future discussion----------------------

• We found that the paper at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-40896-1_3 seems like a good paper for us to read.
• MH suggests a short book called Future Spaceflight Meditations, a cosmist perspective, by Jiulio Prisco, physicist formerly with the ESA.
• MH suggests Pantelis Koutroumpis, The Productivity Paradox, a report.

3. Background literature update.

• Some interesting videos are at the Kartik Gada channel such as  at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRX67CJhaOT98Jdjh85CEQ which we discussed previously.
• For general reference here are some generic questions about articles (and videos):

What is the source?
What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper? 
Why is that advance important?
What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer? 
What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)? 
What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
Questions from the group?