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Space tethers: design criteria / D.D. Tomlin [and seven others].
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Tomlin, D. D., author.
- Series:
- NASA technical memorandum ; 108537.
- NASA technical memorandum ; 108537
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reliability.
- Meteoroids.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 14 pages) : illustration.
- Place of Publication:
- MSFC, Alabama : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center, July 1997.
- Summary:
- This document is prepared to provide a systematic process for the selection of tethers for space applications. Criteria are provided for determining the strength requirement for tether missions and for mission success from tether severing due to micrometeoroids and orbital debris particle impacts. Background information of materials for use in space tethers is provided, including electricity-conducting tethers. Dynamic considerations for tether selection is also provided. Safety, quality, and reliability considerations are provided for a tether project
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 10, 2016).
- "July 1997."
- "Performing organization: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama"--Report documentation page.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 14).
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- Unlimited
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Space tethers
- OCLC:
- 703645978
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