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A HIGH-LEVEL FRAMEWORK FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REFUELING OF SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I want to thank Professor Tsiotras, my advisor. I do not know whether other professors give their students the sort of latitude he gave me, but I thank Professor Tsiotras for the times he let me alter the direction of this work. I thank him for holding me to high, demanding standards, that my work might withstand scrutiny. And I thank him for his generous support for two and a half years—my best efforts would not have been as fruitful otherwise. I also thank Professors Braun and Tovey, the other members of my committee, for providing both useful and illuminating feedback. One of my best memories from Tech will be sitting with my committee and discussing the content of this work—I was, and still am, amazed at the breadth of their knowledge and at the unexpected insights that I heard in that room. I extend my thanks to DramaTech and all my friends there—too many to name here, but every one of them a treasure. It is with great sadness that I also salute the memory of Greg Abbott, the artistic director of DramaTech for over twenty years, who passed away too soon on December 1, 2006. To him and to DT I owe the pleasure, when I was not a student, of having been a painter and a king, a producer and a beast. I am eternally grateful for those times of joy and art. Two special lines of mention: first, a thank you to Alana, for her tart and good advice, for her kindness cloaked in acid, and her friendship over time. And, of course, my love to Brittany and her laughter, her tolerant smile and joyous eyes. Thank you for your constancy and calmness, and that quiet strength you have. And last (not least!) I give thanks to my family. To my parents, for bearing with three years of my ambivalence before I finally set a course, and for giving me throughout my life unending wisdom, strength, support and love. To my brother Antonio, for bearing, as my roommate, with both ramblings and well-meant-yet-pompous counsel, and for still managing to teach me several lessons of his own. And to my brother Emilio, for inspiring me, through his own successes (so much greater than my own) to reach higher than I had before. You have made me, in small or in great part, the man I …