Space Station Engineering Design Issues:

Report of a Workshop

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Size: 90 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1989

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Workshop Committee on Space Station Engineering Design Issues, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-x
Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
1 Introduction	9-14	(skim)
2 General Design Issues	15-18	(skim)
3 Issues Related to Utilization and Operations Requirements for the Space Station	19-30	(skim)
4 Issues Related to Systems Requirements and Design	31-52	(skim)
5 Management Issues Relevant to Design	53-60	(skim)
Supplementary Discussion	61-64	(skim)
Appendix A: Letter from the NASA Office of Space Station	65-66	(skim)
Appendix B: Statement of Task	67-68	(skim)
Appendix C: Presenters at the Workshop	69-70	(skim)
Abbreviations/Symbols	71-72	(skim)
Acronyms	73-74	(skim)
Selected Material Used at the Workshop	75-82	(skim)

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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.

Space Station Engineering Design Issues:

Report of a Workshop

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