<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hager, Benjamin, I.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3495. Using PHP/MySQL to Manage Potential Mass Impacts</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">69th Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12. Weight Engineering - Computer Applications</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26. Weight Growth</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">05/2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sawe.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=31749</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Virginia Beach, Virginia</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper presents a new application using commercially available software to manage mass properties 
for spaceflight vehicles.  PHP/MySQL (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor and My Structured Query 
Language) are a web scripting language and a database language commonly used in concert with each 
other.  They open up new opportunities to develop cutting edge mass properties tools, and tools for the 
management of potential mass impacts (threats and opportunities).   The paper begins by providing an 
overview of the functions and capabilities of PHP/MySQL.  The focus of this paper is on how 
PHP/MySQL are being used to develop an advanced “web accessible” database system for identifying 
and managing mass impacts on NASA’s Ares I Upper Stage program, managed by the Marshall Space 
Flight Center.  To fully describe this application, examples of the data, search, and view pages are 
provided to show, not only the function, but the security, ease of use, and simplicity of this new 
application.  
The premise behind this paper is that PHP/MySQL are software tools that are easy to use and readily 
available for the development of cutting edge mass properties applications.  These tools are capable of 
providing “real-time” searching and status of an active database, automated report generation, and other 
capabilities to streamline and enhance mass properties management application.   By using 
PHP/MySQL, proven existing methods for managing mass properties can be adapted to present-day 
information technology to accelerate mass properties data gathering, analysis, and reporting, allowing 
mass property engineers, and the management they support, to keep pace with today’s fast-pace design 
and development processes.</style></abstract><call-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3495</style></call-num><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Non-Member Price: $12.60. Members may download this paper for free. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/DMS&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;. (Login Required. See SAWE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/faq&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;.)</style></custom1></record></records></xml>
