Using space for technology development - Planning for the Space Station eraExperience with the Shuttle and free-flying satellites as technology test-beds has shown the feasibility and desirability of using space assets as a facility for technology development. Thus, by the time the Space Station era will have arrived, the technologist will be ready for an accessible engineering facility in space. As the 21st century is approached, it is expected that virtually every flight to the Space Station Freedom will be required to carry one or more research, technology, and engineering experiments. The experiments planned will utilize both the pressurized volume, and the external payload attachment facilities. A unique, but extremely important, class of experiments will use the Space Station itself as an experimental vehicle. Based upon recent examination of possible Space Station Freedom assembly sequences, technology payloads may well utilize 20-30 percent of available resources.
Document ID
19900026257
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ambrus, Judith H. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Couch, Lana M. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Rosen, Robert R. (NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Washington, DC, United States)
Gartrell, Charles F. (General Research Corp. McLean, VA, United States)