Space Congress, 28th, Cocoa Beach, FL, Apr. 23-26, 1991, Proceedings

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:7041445

The present conference on aerospace developments and issues encompasses interstellar and space-exploration initiatives, commercial space development, science payloads, space shuttle derivatives, space education, and Space Station activities. Specific issues addressed include magnetic shielding for interplanetary spacecraft, a launch-site comparison between the earth, moon, and Mars, the Spacehab approach, commercial infrastructure participation in the Space Station Freedom (SSF), the science uses of tethered satellites in low planetary orbits, and enabling life-sciences research on the SSF. Also addressed are simulations of shuttle and derivative-vehicle processing, daily operations that support the Global Positioning System, the utilization of common pressured modules on the SSF, the development of ground- and space-based laser systems, the crisis in human capital, and the automated servicing of scientific payloads aboard orbiting laboratories.

• OSTI ID: 7041445
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104322-
• Resource Relation: Conference: 28. space congress, Cocoa Beach, FL (United States), 23-26 Apr 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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