Accession Number:

AD0601899

Title:

ADVANCED SYSTEMS TESTING ON A MANNED ORBITAL SPACE STATION.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Trapp,D. L.

Report Date:

1964-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Consideration is given to the cost of space-station testing and procedures for estimating these costs with direct reference to testing an electrical propulsion system. The advantages of manned-space-station tests,as compared with conventional flight tests, are pointed out.

Descriptors:

• *MANNED SPACECRAFT
• *ELECTRIC PROPULSION
• *SPACE FLIGHT
• FLIGHT TESTING
• FLIGHT TESTING
• SPACE STATIONS
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• MANNED
• FAILURE
• LOGISTICS
• TEST EQUIPMENT

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE