The results of a four-month, phased effort to develop a Fly-by-Light Technology Development Plan are documented. The technical shortfalls for each phase were identified and a development plan to bridge the technical gap was developed. The production configuration was defined for a 757-type airplane, but it is suggested that the demonstration flight be conducted on the NASA Transport Systems Research Vehicle. The modifications required and verification and validation issues are delineated in this report. A detailed schedule for the phased introduction of fly-by-light system components has been generated. It is concluded that a fiber-optics program would contribute significantly toward developing the required state of readiness that will make a fly-by-light control system not only cost effective but reliable without mitigating the weight and high-energy radio frequency related benefits. Chakravarty, A. and Berwick, J. W. and Griffith, D. M. and Marston, S. E. and Norton, R. L. Unspecified Center...

NASAによる本書は、単なる技術報告書の枠を超え、人類が空を征服するための新たな「知の神経系」を構築しようとする壮大な叙事詩です。電気という重力に縛られたシステムを脱し、光という究極の速度を翼に宿らせようとする試みは、冷徹な記述の裏側に、未踏の空へ挑む開拓者たちの静かな熱情を秘めています。 光ファイバーという繊細な糸が巨体を制御し、電磁波の嵐を無効化していく様は、物質から光へと進化する魂の軌跡を思わせます。本書が描く緻密な計画図は、技術がいかにして空の安全と効率を極めるかという問いへの、妥協なき知性の回答です。未来を設計するNASAの筆致は、理系の枠を超えた美しき預言書として、読む者の好奇心を激しく揺さぶるでしょう。