The Evolutionary Space Platform Concept Study encompassed a 10 month effort to define, evaluate and compare approaches and concepts for evolving unmanned and manned capability platforms beyond the current Space Platform concepts to an evolutionary goal of establishing a permanent manned presence in space. Areas addressed included: special emphasis trade studies on the current unmanned concept, assessment of manned platform concepts, and utility analysis of a manned platform for defense related missions.
Evolutionary Space Platform Concept Study. Volume 1: Executive Summary
1982
73 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Life sciences , Manned spacecraft , Oceanography , Payloads , Recoverability , Space platforms , Spaceborne experiments , Unmanned spacecraft , Cost effectiveness , Life support systems , Logistics , Maintenance , Solar terrestrial interactions , Systems compatibility , Transfer orbits