Various means for crewmen to transfer from pressurized vehicle to space vacuum and concept which provides simple, light weight means to effect such transfers; transfer method comparisons under consideration include cabin decompression vs use of airlock, rigid air-lock construction vs flexible, and internal airlock location vs external; system concept presented uses external, inflatable air-lock which, for insignificant weight penalty, affords major improvements in crew safety, mission completion capability, and vehicle payload capacity.
Considerations for manned space vehicle airlock design
Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences
1963
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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