Lockheed Martin Astronautics has developed the Multifunctional Structure (MFS) concept as a new system for spacecraft design that eliminates chassis, cables, connectors and folds the electronics into the walls of the spacecraft. Concurrent engineering will be essential to integrate the electronic, structure and thermal design. Design methodologies are in work to manage all power, grounding and shielding concerns. The MFS approach offers significant savings in mass and volume and supports the "faster-better-cheaper" philosophy in new spacecraft programs. The technology will be demonstrated as an experiment on the New Millenium Program Deep Space 1 (DSI) mission.
Multifunctional structures technology experiment on Deep Space 1 mission
1997-01-01
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Conference paper
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Multifunctional Structures Technology Experiment on Deep Space 1 Mission
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
|Deep Space One: NASA's first deep-space technology validation mission
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
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