President Bush has proposed that the U.S. undertake an ambitious mission of manned and robotic exploration of the solar system. This mission will require advanced mechanical moving components, such as bearings, gears, seals, lubricants, etc. There has been concern in the NASA community that the current technology level in these mechanical component/tribology areas may not be adequate to meet the goals of such a mission. To attempt to answer this, NASA-Lewis has sent out a questionnaire to government and industry workers (who have been involved in space mechanism research, design, and implementation) to ask their opinion if the current space mechanisms technology (mechanical components/tribology) is adequate to meet future NASA Missions needs and goals. If they deemed that the technology base inadequate, they were asked to specify the areas of greatest need. The unedited remarks of those who responded to the survey are presented.
Government/Industry Response to Questionnaire on Space Mechanisms/Tribology Technology Needs
1991
76 pages
Report
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Englisch
Space Technology , Astronomy & Astrophysics , Research Program Administration & Technology Transfer , Aerospace engineering , Government/industry relations , Space exploration , Space missions , Spacecraft components , Tribology , Gears , Lubricants , Robotics , Seals (Stoppers) , Solar system , Surveys
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