The next century of spaceflight will witness an expansion in the physical scale of spacecraft, from the extreme of the microspacecraft to the very large megaspacecraft. This will respectively spawn advances in highly integrated and miniaturized components, and also advances in lightweight structures, space fabrication, and exotic control systems. Challenges are also presented by the advent of advanced propulsion systems, many of which require controlling and directing hot plasma, dissipating large amounts of waste heat, and handling very high radiation sources. Vehicle configuration studies for a number of theses types of advanced spacecraft were performed, and some of them are presented along with the rationale for their physical layouts.
Advanced Spacecraft: What Will They Look Like and Why
1990
20 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Electric & Ion Propulsion , Spacecraft design , Electric propulsion , Mission planning , Plasma propulsion , Solar sails , Space flight , Design analysis , Energy dissipation , High temperature plasmas , Miniaturization , Propulsion system configurations , Radiation sources
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