COMPACT FEEDING CONSOLE DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION
Abstract
A Compact Feeding Console was designed to meet the sustenance requirements of three men for an extreme altitude mission of 14 days duration. A comprehensive study of the human and environmental conditions revealed that the astronauts would need equipment, d vices, and facilities for storage, preparation--cooling or heating--of canned, frozen, dehydrated, and ready foods; a water storage, cooling and heating system; a wet and dry waste treatment and storage system; and feeding tools. The equipment and systems were tested to evaluate expected performance under operating conditions from normal gravity and 1 atmosphere pressure to weightlessness (also called zero gravi y in this report) and 1/2 atmosphere pressure, and acceleration forces from 2 to 8 g's, to insure both independent operation of the component sections and integrated operation of the total Console in compliance with predetermined optimal performance standards. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0271475
Entities
People
- H.e. Brehm
Organizations
- Whirlpool Corporation