Albert A. Jackson

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Albert A. Jackson

Al Jackson testing the environmental support system in the LM simulator (1968)
Birth Name	Albert A. Jackson
Occupation	Engineer, Scientist
Nationality	United States of America

Contents 1 Education 2 Work history 3 Experience 4 Contributions 5 Publications 6 Conference Presentations and Posters

Education

• 1975, University of Texas at Austin, Ph. D., Physics
• 1967, North Texas State University, M. A., Physics
• 1964, North Texas State University, B. A., Mathematics

Work history

• Currently at Triton Systems LLC , Houston, Texas
• Retired from JSC in 2010
• Jacobs Engineering/ESCG 2005- present
• Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. 1988-2005
• Computer Science Corp. 1983-1988
• University of St. Thomas 1981-1983
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. 1979-1981
• System Development Corp. 1977-1979
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. 1975-1966
• National Aeronautics & Space Administration 1966-1970

Experience

Summary: Extensive experience in analysis and software engineering development for on-orbit space flight operations and engineering simulation. Research experience in astrodynamics ,astronautics, and planetary astrophysics. General Astronautics analysis. Planetary physics. Research in SETI and interstellar flight.

• Visiting Scientist Lunar and Planetary Institute 1990 - 2018
• Jacobs Engineering/ESCG 2005 – 2010 retired
• Scientist Principal Engineering and analysis validation support of the Systems Engineering Simulator. Orbital dynamics , flight software and robotics verification and validation.
• Lockheed/Martin Scientist, Principal 1998- 2005
• Analysis support for the Orbital Debris Program for NASA at Johnson Space Center. 1988 - 1998 Analysis and development of code for orbit debris environment modeling and Shuttle and Space Station shielding analysis. Studies in support of hazard analysis of small particle orbit debris population on spacecraft. Research in the evolution of dust from comets and asteroids in the Solar System.
• Computer Sciences Corporation Principal Engineer 1983-1988 (5 years)
• Engineering analysis and software development for fight planning software for the Johnson Space Center. Chairman 1981-1983 (2 years)
• Chairman of Physics Department at the University of St. Thomas.
• McDonnell/Douglas Group Engineer 1979-1981 (2 years) Directed fight planning software development the Mission Planning and Analysis Division at the Johnson Space Center. On orbit flight planning software.
• System Development Corporation, System Specialist 1977-1979 (2 years) Orbital studies for the Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale California.
• McDonnell/Douglas Senior Engineer 1975-1977 (2 years) On-orbit shuttle software performance studies.
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aerospace Engineer 1966-1970 (4.5 years) Lunar module simulation training instructor in Apollo Program for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Manned Spacecraft Center Houston.

Contributions

Lunar Module Simulator training reports by Al Jackson

Publications

• Ejection of Matter and Gravitational Radiation from Orbiting Bodies, R.A. Matzner and A. A. Jackson, Nature, v241, p. 139, 1973.
• Was the Tungus Event Due to a Black Hole? A. A. Jackson and M. Ryan, Nature, v245, 88, 1973.
• Gravitational Perturbations on the Vaidya Background, Physics Letters, v62a, 141, 1977.
• Laser Powered Interstellar Ramjet, D. Whitmire and A. A. Jackson, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 30, 223, 1977.
• Laser Powered Interstellar Rocket, A. A. Jackson and D. Whitmire, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, v31, 335, 1978.
• Some Considerations on the Antimatter and Fusion Ram Augmented Interstellar Rocket, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, v33, 117, 1980.
• Accretion Shocks as Evidence for Extra-solar Planets, A. A. Jackson and R. M. Killen, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Sept. 1981.
• Some applications of Lie groups in astrodynamics, Jackson, A. A. Johnson (Lyndon B.) Space Center Program Research Report 10 p (N86-14078 04-85)1983
• Note on the Focusing of Gravitational Radiation, American Journal of Physics, v54, 372, 1984.
• Are Periodic Mass Extinctions Driven by a Distant Solar Companion? D. P. Whitmire and A. A. Jackson, Nature, v308, 713, 1984.
• Planet X and the Stability of the Resonances in the Neptune-Pluto System, A.A.Jackson and R.M. Killen, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 235, p. 593, 1988.
• Infrared Brightness of a Comet Belt Beyond Neptune, A. A. Jackson and R.M.Killen, Earth, Moon and the Planets, vol.42, 41, 1988.
• A Solar System Dust Ring with the Earth as its Shepherd, A. A. Jackson and H.A.Zook, Nature, vol. 337, 629, 1988.
• Resonant orbital evolution in the putative planetary system of PSR1257 + 12, Malhotra, R.; Black, D.; Eck, A.; Jackson, A., Nature, vol. 356, no. 6370, April 16, 1992, p. 583-585.
• Results in Orbital Evolution of Objects in the Geosynchronous Region,L.J.Friesen, A. A Jackson, H.A. Zook and D.J. Kessler,Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 15, 263, 1992.
• Analysis of Orbital Perturbations Acting on Objects in Orbits Near Geosynchronous Earth Orbit ,L.J. Friesen, A.A. Jackson H.A. Zook and D.J. Kessler, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 97, p 3845 - 3863, (1992).
• Orbital evolution of dust particles from comets and asteroids, Jackson, A. A.; Zook, H. A., Icarus, vol. 97, no. 1, May 1992, p. 70-84.
• Orbital Resonances and Poynting-Robertson drag, Weidenschilling, S. J.; Jackson, A. A., Icarus, vol. 104, no. 2, p. 244-254, 1993
• The out-of-plane distribution of zodiacal dust near the earth, Clark, F. O.; Torbett, M. V.; Jackson, A. A.; Price, S. D.; Kennealy, J. P.; Noah, P. V.; Glaudell, G. A.; Cobb, M., Astronomical Journal, vol. 105, no. 3, p. 976-979 ,1993
• Numerical simulations of particle orbits around 2060 Chiron, Stern, S. A.; Jackson, A. A.; Boice, D. C. Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 107, no. 2, p. 765-771 ,1994
• Radiation Pressure, Poynting-Robertson Drag, and Solar Wind Drag in the Restricted Three-Body Problem, J.C. Liou, H.A. Zook, A.A. Jackson, Icarus, vol. 116 1995
• A Fast Propagator to Model Orbital Debris Environment Evolution in the Geosynchronous Region (IAA 95-6.4.05), Karl H. Siebold, Albert A. Jackson IV and Robert C. Reynolds, Space Safety and Rescue 1995, page 279 – 289.
• Radiation pressure, Poynting-Robertson drag, and solar wind drag in the restricted three-body problem, Liou, J.-C.; Zook, H. A.; Jackson, A. A.,Icarus, vol. 116, p. 186-201 (1995)
• A symplectic map for geosynchronous orbit propagation Jackson, Albert A. In, Spaceflight mechanics 1996; Proceedings of the 6th AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Conference, Austin, TX, Feb. 12-15, 1996; San Diego, CA, Univelt, Inc. (Advances in the Astronautical Sciences. vol. 93, pt. 2), 1996, p. 1671-1682
• Unified analytical solutions to two-body problems with drag, Breiter, S.; Jackson, A. A., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 299, Issue 1, pp. 237-243
• Post-mission disposal options for upper stages, Eichler, Peter; Reynolds, Robert C.; Zhang, Jingchang; Bade, Anette; Jackson, A. A.; Johnson, Nicholas L.; McNamara, Roger, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3116, p. 221-234, Small Spacecraft, Space Environments, and Instrumentation Technologies, Firooz A. Allahdadi; E. Kane Casani; Timothy D. Maclay; Ed, 1997
• Options for Postmission Disposal of Upper Stages (IAA 97-6.5.02), R. Reynolds, P. Eichler, A. Bade, A. Jackson, K. Siebold, Nicholas Johnson and Roger McNamara, Space Safety and Rescue, 1997.
• Nasa/JSC Orbital Debris Models Johnson, N.; Christiansen, E.; Reynolds, R.; Matney, M.; Zhang, J.C.; Eichler, P.; Jackson,A. Second European Conference on Space Debris, Organised by ESA, held 17-19 March, 1997, ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany (1997), ESA-SP 393., p. 225
• The Historical Contribution of Solid Rocket Motors to the One Centimeter Debris Population, Jackson, A.; Eichler, P.; Potter, R. Reynolds A.; Johnson, N. Second European Conference on Space Debris, ESA-SP 393., p. 27900, 1997
• Breakup Model Update at NASA/JSC (IAA 98-6.3.02), Anette Bade, Albert A. Jackson, Robert C. Reynolds, Peter Eichler, Paula Krisko, Mark Matney, Phillip D. Anz-Meador and Nicholas L. Johnson, Space Safety and Rescue, 1998, p125
• Orbital Evolution of Retrograde Interplanetary Dust Particles and Their Distribution in the Solar System, Liou, Jer-Chyi; Zook, Herbert A.; Jackson, A. A., Icarus, Volume 141, Issue 1, p. 13-28, 1999
• Capture of Interstellar Dust: The Pure Poynting-Robertson Case , A. A, Jackson, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 49, Issue 5, p. 417-424.
• Validation of Gravity Acceleration and Torque Algorithms for Astrodynamics, Blair F. Thompson, David G. Hammen, Albert A. Jackson‡ and Edwin Z. Crues, Volume 130, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 2008).

Conference Presentations and Posters

• Canonical Unitary Transformation Correspondence and Relativistic Wave Equations, R. E. Budwine, and A. A. Jackson IV, American Physical Society Meeting, 1967.
• Accretion Heating of Neptune Jackson, A. A., IV; Matese, J. J.; Whitmire, D. P. American Astronomical Society Meeting, Houston, Texas, 1985
• Long term evolution of interplanetary dust particle: Precision orbit generation with the Everhart-Radau integrator, A.A. Jackson, CDCF Workshop, Mackinnon and Carey eds., LPI Report 88-05
• A Solar System Dust Ring: The Earth as Its Shepherd, A.A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 19th Lunar and Planetary Science meeting, Houston. Texas, March 1988.
• A Solar system Dust Ring, A.A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 20th Division of Planetary Science (DPS) meeting Austin, Texas, Oct. 1988.
• Resonance Trapping of Comet and Asteroid Dust Particles by the Earth and Mars, A. A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 20th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference meeting March 1989.
• Long Time orbital Evolution of Dust from Comet Encke, A.A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 21st DPS meeting, Providence R.I., Nov. 1989.
• Long Time Orbital Dynamics of Dust Grains from Comets Encke and Halley, A. A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 21st Lunar and Planetary Science Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 1990.
• Long term orbital dynamics of dust grains in the Solar System, A. A. Jackson, American Astronomical Society Division of Dynamical Astronomy, Austin, Texas, April 1990.
• Results in orbital evolution of objects in the geosynchronous region Friesen, Larry Jackson, Albert A., IV Zook, Herbert A. Kessler, Donald J. AIAA, NASA, and DOD, Orbital Debris Conference: Technical Issues and Future Directions, Baltimore, MD, Apr. 16-19, 1990.
• Dust Particles from Asteroids and Comets – Evolved Orbital Characteristics, A. A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 22nd Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990.
• Comets and Asteroids: Parent Daughter Relationships, A. A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 22nd Lunar and Planetary Science Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 1991.
• Dust particles from Comets and Asteroids Collected at the Earth’s Orbit: Parent-Daughter Relationships. A. Jackson and Zook, H. A., Asteroids, Comets and Meteors meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1991.
• Spatial Density Structure of Planet-Shepherded Interplanetary Dust, A. A. Jackson and Zook, H. A., 23rd Lunar and Planetary Sciences Meeting, March 1992.
• Constraints on the putative companions to PSR1257+12 Malhotra, R,Black, D, Eck, A States)/Jackson, A. In its Twenty-Third Lunar and Planetary Science Conference p 36
• Interior Resonance Trapping of Dust Particles from Comets and Asteroids, A.A. Jackson and Zook, H. A., 23rd Division of Planetary Sciences meeting, November 1992, Palo Alto California
• Long Time orbital Evolution of Dust from Retrograde Comets Halley and Temple-Tuttle, A.A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 24th Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, October 1992, Munich, Germany.
• Orbital Evolution of Dust from comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1: A case of One to One Resonance Trapping, A.A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, 24th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 1993.
• H. A., Dust Orbital Evolution from Outside the Orbit of Jupiter, A.A. Jackson and Zook 25th Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, October 1993, Boulder, Colorado.
• Dust Evolution from Comets and Asteroids: Their Velocities at Earth Orbit Intersection, A. A. Jackson and H. A. Zook, March 1994, 25th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
• A fast propagator to model orbital debris environment evolution in the geosynchronous region, Siebold, Karl H. , Jackson, Albert A., IV , Reynolds, Robert C. IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 46th, Oslo, Norway, Oct. 2-6, 1995
• Distribution of Retrograde Cometary Dust Particles in the Solar System Liou, J.-C.; Zook, H. A.; Jackson, A. A. 29th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 16-20, 1998
• Lommel functions in some drag-perturbed problems Breiter, Slawomir; Jackson, Albert A. Impact of Modern Dynamics in Astronomy, Colloquium 172 of the International Astronomical Union, Namur (Belgium) 6-11 July 1998.
• Poynting-Robertson Drag Capture of Interstellar Particles Jackson, A. A. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #31 1999
• Dust Ejected from Long Period Comets: Orbital Evolution. Jackson, A. A. American Astronomical Society, DPS Meeting 2001
• A Process for Comparing Dynamics of Distributed Space Systems Simulations, Edwin Z. Crues, Albert.A. Jackson, Jeffery Morris, 2009 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop.

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