It is a pleasure to acknowledge the institutions;
agencies and people who contributed their time and effort to the successful completion of this research. I would like to thank the NASA Johnson Space Center and LARS;
Purdue University;
for providing the MMR used in this project. I am indebted to Ms. Sheryl Graslie for typing the preliminary and final drafts of this manuscript. Financial support was provided through Kansas State University (367-230 Encumbrance No. 822260) from the prime contractor NASA Johnson Space Center under Grant No. NAS 9-16457;