Space technology experiments and validation missions share a common dilemma with the aerospace industry in general: the high cost of access to space. Whether the experiment is a so-called university cubesat, a university measurement experiment, or a NASA New Millennium Program (NMP) technology validation mission, the access to space option can be scaled appropriately for the particular constraints. A cubesat might fly as one of a number of cubesats that negotiate a flight on an experimental vehicle. A university experiment might do the same. A NASA flight validation might partner with an Air Force experimental mission.
Access to Space for Technology Validation Missions: A Practical Guide
IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2007 ; Big Sky, MT, United States
2007-03-03
Preprint
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English
Validation and verification of deep-space missions
NTRS | 2003
|Space : spacecraft, missions, technology
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