LDEF - 69 Months in Space. First Post-Retrieval Symposium. Proceeding of a symposium held in Kissimmee, Florida, 2-8 June 1991.
Abstract
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration I Strategic Defence Initiative Organization Space Environmental Effects on Materials Workshop, June 1988, identified and prioritized candidate materials spaceflight experiments needed to validate long-term performance of materials on future spacecraft (reference 1). Working groups considered six environmental factors which may have significant effects on spacecraft materials: atomic oxygen, solar radiation, trapped radiation, micrometeoroids and debris, contamination, and spacecraft charging. Although most of the priorities of each group were parochial to its specific discipline, the highest priority identified by all participants of that workshop was virtually unanimous: The return of the NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility safely to earth, followed by a detailed analysis of its materials to compare with data obtained in previous relatively short in-space exposures and to validate or identify deficiencies in ground testing and simulation facilities and materials durability analytical models
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA338665
Entities
People
- A. S. Levine
Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration