Defining a national microgravity facility for America's Space StationPlans for a Microgravity and Materials Processing Facility (with a Manufacturing and Technology Laboratory Module as its main element) on the U.S. Space Station are reviewed and illustrated with drawings, graphs, tables, and diagrams. Consideration is given to the ideal and practically achievable acceleration environment, on-orbit sample preparation and analysis, crew operations, technology-development requirements, and classes of materials with commercial potential (with an emphasis on organic molecular crystals).
Document ID
19870038187
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mookherji, Tripty (Teledyne Brown Engineering Huntsville, AL, United States)
Sharpe, A. (Teledyne Brown Engineering Huntsville, AL, United States)
Stuhlinger, Ernst (Teledyne Brown Engineering Huntsville, AL, United States)