Manned space station (MSS) mission analysis and the design of a small orbital transfer vehicle for a wide range of missions (rendezvous, servicing, retrieval) called the Self-Propelled Teleoperator (SPT) are summarized. The launching of a large cryogenic orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) from the MSS: fueling, mechanical handling, integration, check-out, and flight monitoring is discussed. Space station architecture and the establishment of design driver criteria are considered. The study shows that even where European technologies are comparable to American ones, cooperation must be limited to European firms acting as subcontractors to NASA or US firms, rather than at a transnational European level. At the European level, development of SPT and other teleoperated vehicles satisfies criteria for program size, interface definition, European ability, multiplicity of participants favoring money redistribution, and compatibility of planning schedules. Commonality of mission with a European automatic platform is an advantage.


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    Title :

    Studies Toward a Manned Space Station: Participation of European Industry in NASA Space Station (MSS)


    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    69 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English