Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
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.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
NASA-TM-101370
,
E-4414
,
NAS 1.15:101370
Format:
application/pdf
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