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Regenerative Environmental Control Systems for Manned Earth-Lunar SpacecraftThe historic earth orbital flight of the Mercury space capsule on February 20, 1962 has illustrated that man has the capability of creating instrumentation and equipment which permit him to survive outside the protective earth atmosphere which, in
time, has served both as a shield and a barrier. Because of this great achievement man need no longer restrict himself to earth-space but may direct his resources to expand his zone of operation to earth-moon space. However, in order to exploit this new frontier many problems must be solved which are not mere extensions or extrapolations of those already treated. The problem associated with providing man with an adequate environment for extended periods in the earth's atmosphere, earth-moon space and on the lunar surface is indeed extensive. Trapped radiation, solar flare activity, meteoroid bombardment, solar radiation and the hard vacuum of space are no longer merely phenomena. of scientific interest; they describe the operating environment of manned earth-lunar spacecraft. In order that man may effectively operate in the earth-moon space, myriads of systems and subsystems of varying types and functions must be devised and integrated into an efficient, reliable man-machine complex. This paper will consider only one small aspect of this problem--that is, the problem of providing man with an adequate gaseous and thermal environment in earth-lunar spacecraft. Control of atmospheric gases in manned sealed environments will be treated in Part I. Part II treats thermal regulation and atmosphere control requirements of mobile life support systems for lunar exploration.
Document ID
19620004473
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Michael G Del Duca
(Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
Richard G Huebscher
(Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
Anthony E Robertson
(Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 1, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1962
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the National Meeting on Manned Space Flight (Unclassified Portion)
Publisher: Institute of the Aerospace Sciences
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: National Meeting on Manned Space Flight
Location: St. Louis, MO
Country: US
Start Date: April 30, 1962
End Date: May 2, 1962
Sponsors: Institute of the Aerospace Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Accession Number
62N14473
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Control
Life support system
Spacecraft
Regenerative cycle
Manned spacecraft
Lunar spacecraft
Environmental control
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