Principal considerations of spacecraft include mission requirements, natural and induced environments, and major subsystem interfaces (including human factors); stringent requirements, unique to manned spacecraft design, are covered as follows -- radiation shield, meteoroid protection, cabin sealing, thermal-control coating, toxicity and contamination, and use of higher strength materials and nondestructive test techniques to identify flaws.
Structures and materials in long-duration manned spacecraft
Astronautics Aeronautics
Astronautics and Aeronautics ; 4 , n 3
1966
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Maintainability of manned spacecraft for long-duration flights
Engineering Index Backfile | 1968