Author : James Patton Downey
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
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Sixteen papers examine how gravity can affect polymerizations and polymer processing and how weightlessness or "microgravity" is achieved. The volume reviews the current research from sounding rocket and orbital investigations, parabolic flight investigations, and ground-based research. Also covered are inorganic to biologically produced polymers, including free-radical polymerization, polymer-dispersed luquid crystals and foams.
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : D. O. Frazier
Publisher :
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Materials
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Author : Committee on Microgravity Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 2000-07-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309518679
The frontier represented by the near solar system confronts humanity with intriguing challenges and opportunities. With the inception of the Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) enterprise in 1995, NASA has acknowledged the opportunities and has accepted the very significant challenges. Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration and Development of Space and Planetary Bodies was commissioned by NASA to assist it in coordinating the scientific information relevant to anticipating, identifying, and solving the technical problems that must be addressed throughout the HEDS program over the coming decades. This report assesses scientific and related technological issues facing NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space endeavor, looking specifically at mission enabling and enhancing technologies which, for development, require an improved understanding of fluid and material behavior in a reduced gravity environment.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 1997-11-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309059798
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Gravity
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 22,14 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Fluid dynamics (Space environment)
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,93 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Laser beams
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Author : David M. Harland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781852337933
In spite of the Challenger and Columbia disasters, the US Space Shuttle, which entered service in 1981, remains the most successful spacecraft ever developed. Conceived and designed as a reusable spacecraft to provide cheap access to low Earth orbit, and to supersede expendable launch vehicles, serving as the National Space Transportation System, it now coexists with a new range of commercial rockets. David Harland’s definitive work on the Space Shuttle explains the scientific contribution the Space Shuttle has made to the international space programme, detailing missions to Mir, Hubble and more recently its role in the assembly of the International Space Station. This substantial revision to existing chapters and extension of ‘The Space Shuttle’, following the loss of Columbia, will include a comprehensive account of the run-up to resumption of operations and conclude with a chapter beyond the Shuttle, looking at possible future concepts for a partly or totally reusable space vehicle which are being considered to replace the Shuttle.
Author : Erik Seedhouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030528596
Life support systems are an integral part of crewed spacecraft designs and habitation systems. This textbook introduces the LSS capabilities that sustain humans who live and work in space, and it is written at a level appropriate for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The book begins with the basics of space physiology before detailing the features that make up different kinds of life support systems. It includes concise descriptions of how atmospheric pressure is monitored, how oxygen levels are maintained, how waste management is achieved and how water is recycled, and also describes the processes of fire detection and suppression. Several chapters are devoted to chronicling the evolution of life support systems through the decades. Each chapter includes a list of learning objectives, summary sections and review questions. Additionally, various analogs for spaceflight life support systems are examined, including nuclear submarines and our natural life support system here on Earth! Overall, this book serves as an approachable primer for any student seeking to understand the intricacies of spacecraft life support systems.
