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.
Thermal aspects of long-term propellant storage on moon
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 1 , n 5
1964
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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