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
2012
32 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Aerospace environments , Environment effects , Spacecraft design , Spacecraft performance , Aerospace systems , Costs , Mariner 4 space probe , Spacecraft contamination , Electromagnetic radiation , Thermal vacuum tests , Micrometeoroids , Space debris , X ray astrophysics facility