A materials experiment carrier (MEC) that provides effective accommodation of the given baseline materials processing in space (MPS) payloads and demonstration of the MPS platform concept for high priority materials processing science, multidiscipline MPS investigations, host carrier for commercial MPS payloads, and system economy of orbital operations is defined. The study flow of task work is shown. Study tasks featured analysis and trades to identify the MEC system concept options.


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    Title :

    Materials Experiment Carrier Concepts Definition Study. Volume 2: Technical Report, Part 2


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    276 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English