The NASA Space Processing Program was initiated to develop uses of space flight that will support research efforts and manufacturing operations on the ground by processing materials in space. It is expected that the unique conditions that are available in space will provide a basis for a wide variety of economically beneficial services to science and industry in fields such as metallurgy, electronic materials, glass technology, fluid physics and chemistry, and in biological material preparation as well. Plans are described for developing payload equipment to implement materials processing experiments on the missions of the space transportation system (STS). This equipment is intended to support a diversified program of NASA-sponsored materials processing experiments by all classes of scientists, as well as pilot activities by non-NASA sponsors.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    NASA's space processing program


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1977-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    NASA's commercial space program

    Ott, Richard H. | NTRS | 1992


    NASA's Commercial Space Program

    British Library Conference Proceedings | 1992


    NASA's Space Grant program

    Dasch, E. Julius | NTRS | 1990


    NASA's Space Grant program

    DASCH, E. | AIAA | 1990


    NASA's In-Space Propulsion Program

    Johnson, Les | NTRS | 2003