Space stations and space platforms [electronic resource] : concepts, design, infrastructure, and uses / edited by Ivan Bekey, Daniel Herman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bekey, Ivan.

Herman, Daniel, 1927-

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 99.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space stations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c1985.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter I. Introduction: The Space Infrastructure; Chapter II. Early Space Station and Platform Planning; II.1 Skylab; Skylab Description; Significance of Skylab; Skylab Recommendations; Physiological Findings; Habitability Considerations; Contamination Control As a System; Skylab Subsystems Operational Experience; II.2 The Soviet Salyut Space Station Program; First-Generation Salyut Stations; Second-Generation Salyut Stations; II.3 Space Telescope: The Proto-Space Platform; Origin of the Space Telescope; Science with the Space Telescope

The Technology of the Space TelescopeThe Space Telescope Science Institute; Space Telescope as a Space Platform; II.4 The European Reusable Space Platforms SPAS and EURECA; Reusable Platforms; The SPAS-01 Demonstration Platform; The EURECA Platform; Chapter III. Introduction: Space Station and Platform Roles in Supporting Future Space Endeavors; III.1 Astronomy and the Space Station; Astronomy As a Science; Current Array of Astronomy Missions; Future Astronomy Programs; The Requirements of Astronomical Missions; Unique Aspects of the Space Station; Potential New Astronomical Missions

III.2 The Space Station Polar Platform: Integrating Research and Operational MissionsSolar-Terrestrial Interactions; The Earth's Atmosphere and Meteorology; The Oceans and Coasts; The Solid Earth and Vegetation; The Polar Platform as a Vantage Point; Communications and a System of Global Services; Platform Servicing; International Participation; III.3 Planetary Exploration in the Space Station Era; The Objectives and Methods of Planetary Exploration; The SSEC Core Planetary Program; The SSEC Augmented Planetary Program; Planetary Science On Board the Space Station

III.4 The Next Steps in Satellite CommunicationsSpace Stations and Platforms; Space Station Communication Roles; The Space Platform; Distribution Satellites; Refurbishment; III.5 The Potential of Materials Processing Using the Space Environment; The Role of Gravity in Materials Processing; A Short History of Materials Processing in Space; The EOS Project: Electrophoresis Operations in Space; Space Stations and the EOS Program; Realizing the Potential of Materials Processing in Space; Chapter IV. Space Station and Space Platform Concepts: A Historical Review; Introduction: The Pioneers

Early Postwar ThinkingThe Earliest Years: Planning a Post-Mercury Space Program; Space Station Plans during the 1960's; Manned Orbital Research Laboratory; Other Space Station Studies; Management Attention to a Space Station; Space Station Studies Go to Phase B; Defining the Preferred Concept and Its Rationale; Phase B Competition; Phase B Contracts Let; Studies Begin; Phase B Studies ""Fade Away""; Space Station Studies during the 1970's; Development of the MOSC and ""Construction Shack"" Concepts; Evolution of Space Platform Concepts; An Evolutionary Space Station Concept

The Space Operations Center Proposal

Notes:

Page 387-392 publisher's list.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-574-7

1-60086-355-8

OCLC:

922978876