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Space transfer vehicle concepts and requirements. volume 1: executive summary
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | The objectives of the Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) Concepts and Requirements studies were to provide sensitivity data on usage, economics, and technology associated with new space transportation systems. The study was structured to utilize data on the emerging launch vehicles, the latest mission scenarios, and Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) payload manifesting and schedules, to define a flexible, high performance, cost effective, evolutionary space transportation system for NASA. Initial activities were to support the MSFC effort in the preparation of inputs to the 90 Day Report to the National Space Council (NSC). With the results of this study establishing a point-of-departure for continuing the STV studies in 1990, additional options and mission architectures were defined. The continuing studies will update and expand the parametrics, assess new cargo and manned ETO vehicles, determine impacts on the redefined Phase 0 Space Station Freedom, and to develop a design that encompasses adequate configuration flexibility to ensure compliance with on-going NASA study recommendations with major system disconnects. In terms of general requirements, the objectives of the STV system and its mission profiles will address crew safety and mission success through a failure-tolerant and forgiving design approach. These objectives were addressed through the following: engine-out capability for all mission phases; built-in-test for vehicle health monitoring to allow testing of all critical functions such as, verification of lunar landing and ascent engines before initiating the landing sequence; critical subsystems will have multiple strings for redundancy plus adequate supplies of onboard spares for removal and replacement of failed items; crew radiation protection; and trajectories that optimize lunar and Mars performance and flyby abort capabilities. |
| File Size | 6317748 |
| Page Count | 130 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930007483 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0ps2pv24 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation Cargo Schedules Lunar Trajectories Systems Health Monitoring Lunar Exploration Spacecrews Launch Vehicles Cost Effectiveness Safety Factors Flyby Missions Mission Planning Space Transportation System Radiation Protection Payloads Lunar Landing Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
