The Storable Tubular Extendible Member (STEM) technique for expanding metallic structures has obvious merit as a general purpose device for use in Space Maintenance as well as a storage method for long lengths of 'Structural Steel'. It may be used for the extra vehicular manufacture of docking booms, safety devices, tethering structures and large antenna masts and reflector dishes. Development programs have been carried out to develop structures suitable for extra-vehicular manufacture. (Author)
The Extra Vehicular Manufacture of Large Space Structures from Storable Tubular Members
1966
36 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Civil Engineering , Extendable structures , Manned spacecraft , Extravehicular activity , Spacecraft , Space maintenance , Space tools , Satellites(Artificial) , Gravity , Antenna components , Temperature , Satellite antennas , Beryllium alloys , Copper alloys , Expandable structures , Reprints , STEM(Storable Tubular Extendible Member) , Graphs(Charts) , Alouette 1 Spacecraft
NTRS | 1971
|Thermal Characterization of Graphite Storable Tubular Extendable Masts
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012
|NTIS | 1971
|