Passive thermal control aspects of above-surface storage of propellants on lunar equatorial site are examined; method is developed for predicting vaporization rates, mean temperatures, and temperature amplitudes of insulated propellants exposed to stabilized-periodic heating in lunar environment; it is shown that, with modest investment in required insulation weights, propellant temperature levels comparable to earth-ambient temperatures could be maintained indefinitely on lunar surface, and boiloff rates of cryogenic propellants could be kept within acceptable limits for storage times up to several lunar cycles.


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    Titel :

    Thermal aspects of long-term propellant storage on moon


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


    Beteiligte:
    Buna, T. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1964


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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