Space Station Engineering Design Issues

Space Station Engineering Design Issues

Report of a Workshop

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309078856
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309564359
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1989
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 92
  • Language: English

The Space Station Freedom program is the next major U.S. manned space initiative. It has as its objective the establishment of a permanently manned facility in low earth orbit. This book summarizes the main findings and recommendations of a workshop that examined the space station program with a view toward identifying critical engineering issues related to the design and operation of the station.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Design Issues
  • 3 Issues Related to Utilization and Operations Requirements for the Space Station
  • 4 Issues Related to Systems Requirements and Design
  • 5 Management Issues Relevant to Design
  • Supplementary Discussion
  • Appendix A: Letter from the NASA Office of Space Station
  • Appendix B: Statement of Task
  • Appendix C: Presenters at the Workshop
  • Abbreviations/Symbols
  • Acronyms
  • Selected Material Used at the Workshop

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