The primary purpose of this study was to define a point-of-departure prephase A mission concept for the cryogenic propellant storage and transfer technology demonstration mission to be conducted by the NASA Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT). The mission concept includes identification of the cryogenic propellant management technologies to be demonstrated, definition of a representative mission timeline, and definition of a viable flight system design concept. The resulting mission concept will serve as a point of departure for evaluating alternative mission concepts and synthesizing the results of industry-defined mission concepts developed under the OCT contracted studies.
Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer Technology Demonstration: Prephase A Government Point-of-Departure Concept Study
2012
106 pages
Report
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English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Fuels , Rocket Propellants , Mission planning , Propellant storage , Space storage , Cryogenic fluid storage , Cryogenic rocket propellants , Storable propellants , Fluid management , Propellant transfer , Liquid hydrogen , Technology assessment , Cryogenic fluids , Microgravity , Liquid rocket propellants , Liquid oxygen , Space debris