Advanced planning within NASA has identified several bold space exploration initiatives. The successful implementation of these missions will require a supporting space infrastructure which would include a fuel depot, an orbiting facility to store, transfer and process large quantities of cryogenic fluids. In order to adequately plan the technology development programs required to enable the construction and operation of a fuel depot, a multidisciplinary workshop was convened to assess critical technologies and their state of maturity. Since technology requirements depend strongly on the depot design assumptions, several depot concepts are presented with their effect on criticality ratings. Over 70 depot-related technology areas are addressed.


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    Titel :

    Technology Requirements for an Orbiting Fuel Depot: A Necessary Element of a Space Infrastructure


    Beteiligte:
    R. M. Stubbs (Autor:in) / R. R. Corban (Autor:in) / A. J. Willoughby (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1988


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch