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Space shuttle opportunities for cometary researchThe different modes of cometary investigation offered by the shuttle are reviewed. First, there is a mode in which instrumentation for observations of a natural comet is carried to orbit on Spacelab. Second is a mode in which gaseous or solid material is released from the shuttle to simulate some aspect of cometary physics. Another mode uses the near weightlessness within Spacelab to allow laboratory experiments with materials as they may exist on the surface of a comet nucleus.
Document ID
19810015594
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lundquist, C. A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Proc. of the Shuttle-Based Cometary Sci. Workshop
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
81N24129
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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