It is pointed out that space platforms offer a flexible and cost-effective evolutionary approach to conducting science and applications missions of several months' duration and can pave the way for major manned orbital facilities. General-purpose Low-Earth-Orbit space platforms are made possible by the Space Transportation System. Such platforms could remain in orbit for many years serviced as needed by the Shuttle. Attention is given to a Power System Platform, aspects of communications and data handling, stability and control, system and subsystem capability, a dynamics-analysis model of an expanded platform, command and data flow for a space platform, comparative costs of flying a pallet-size payload, a continually mannable Science and Applications Manned Space Platform, and a scenario of how the space platform might evolve.


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    Titel :

    Space platforms for science and applications


    Beteiligte:
    Snoddy, W. C. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.04.1981


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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