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.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Advanced spacecraft: What will they look like and why


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1990-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    What Will Sunsats Look Like?

    Ph.D. Flournoy, Don M. | Springer Verlag | 2012


    What ET will look like and why should we care

    Shostak, Seth | Elsevier | 2010



    What ET will look like and why should we care

    Shostak, Seth | Online Contents | 2010