Airborne Large Aperture Telescope

Instrumentation and applications relating to an airborne large aperture telescope which is envisioned to reside on a multiple function lighter than air platform, as presented at the JPL Advanced Concepts Program Mini conference for "Innovative Space Mission Applications for Thin Films and Fabrics" on May 8, 1995 and published in the proceedings. ALAT was first presented as part of my ARDOC (Airborne Relay for Deep-Space Optical Communication) presentation at JPL's "Seminar 331" on December 8, 1993.

Some data from the earlier presentation has been added to this file. Even though this material was presented at JPL and subsequently proposed for JPL/NASA Project(s), it was all conceived and developed with my own time and resources.