Space Station is defined as site in space developed to support men, experimental equipment, and operations permanently and to take advantage of favorable economies of size, centralization, and permanency -- in terms of power, volume, instruments, communications, data reduction, and logistics; basic space-station design requirements; possible experiments to be carried out, space station configuration and characteristics which comprise earth-like environment, counterrotating zero-g laboratory, 50-man crew, expandable to 100 through supply missions; high-inclination -- greater than 50° and attached and station-keeping experiment modules. (10133)
Why space stations
Astronaut Aeronaut
Astronautics and Aeronautics ; 6 , n 11
1968
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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