Spacecraft are growing in complexity and sensitivity to environmental effects. The spacecraft engineer must understand and take these effects into account in building reliable, survivable, and affordable spacecraft. Too much protections, however, means unnecessary expense while too little will potentially lead to early mission loss. The ability to balance cost and risk necessitates an understanding of how the environment impacts the spacecraft and is a critical factor in its design. This presentation is intended to address both the space environment and its effects with the intent of introducing the influence of the environment on spacecraft performance.
Influence of Natural Environments in Spacecraft Design, Development, and Operation
2013
48 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Spacecraft design , Spacecraft performance , Aerospace environments , Aerospace systems , Space missions , Extraterrestrial environments , Costs , System failures , Spacecraft charging , Spacecraft contamination , Electromagnetic radiation , Space debris , Single event upsets
Development of Collaborative Engineering Environments for Spacecraft Design
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003
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