Title: Concurrent research on the Space Station transportation node
Abstract: The feasibility of integrating scientific research on Space Station Freedom (SSF) with concurrent lunar-vehicle assembly and servicing operations associated with the support of Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) is investigated. The SSF, SEI, and lunar-vehicle user resource requirements are reviewed, and a station configuration is derived which can accommodate a significant percentage of user requirements while supporting the lunar transport vehicle (LTV) processing operations. The derived station configuration will require several augmentations to the baseline configuration. Most notably, the SSF power generation will be increased by an addition of six solar dynamic arrays, crew support will be increased by adding two habitation modules, and more payloads will be accomodated by adding dual keels.
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-08-17
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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