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Quality assurance requirements manual for planetary spacecraft to be sterilized by heating
Information and guidelines on quality assurance requirements for production, assembly, and checkout of spacecraft to be sterilized by heating
Spacecraft damage containment and control procedures
Space station damage containment and control, emphasizing safety problems and guidelines
Explosively actuated /pyromechanical/ devices for spacecraft applications
Explosively actuated /pyromechanical/, devices for spacecraft, discussing guidelines for design, testing, application and cost efficiency
Problems encountered during development of an astronomical television system for an earth- orbiting observatory
OAO 2 satellite Celescope astronomical TV system, describing various developmental problems for future guidelines
Procedure for Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
This document provides guidelines for the accomplishment of Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) on the Apollo program. It is a procedure for analysis of hardware items to determine those items contributing most to system unreliability and crew safety problems.
A concept for improving the dimensional stability of filamentary composites in one direction
Investigation of filamentary composites having high strength and stiffness and a zero thermal coefficient of expansion in one direction shows that advanced filament materials, such as boron, have substantial advantages over conventional filamentary composites. Various other results are discussed, including guidelines and analysis methods for further evaluation.
Recommended safety guides for industrial laboratories and shops
Booklet provides references to 29 publications providing information on hazard control and approved safety practices. Areas include pressurized gas and vacuum systems. Guidelines are presented for safeguarding facilities where machinery, equipment, electrical devices, or hazardous chemicals are used.
Teardown analysis for detecting shelf-life degradation
Analysis is guideline in examining component materials, analytically determining physical properties and chemical compositions, and developing control data necessary for ascertaining effects of environments and their influence on deterioration and degradation mechanisms.
Acoustic liner feasibility program, design guide
Guidelines for designing combustion stability control devices
Space shuttle with external hydrogen drop tanks
Guidelines for using space shuttle configuration to determine effects of carrying ascent LH2 propellant in external drop tanks
Television Broadcast Satellite study, TVBS system. Volume 2 - Technical report
Specifications and guidelines for launch vehicle, spacecraft, orbit and coverage, transmission, and receiving systems for television broadcast satellite - Vol. 2
Designer's handbook: Environmental planning for group stability
Guidelines for environmental habitability planning to facilitate individual and group stability
Long-term drift of thermocouples at 1600 K
Thermal electromotive-force changes for 30 commercially available noble- and refractory-metal thermocouples have been determined in air, argon, and vacuum, at 1600 K for exposures up to 10,000 hours. Investigation techniques can serve as guidelines for future studies of other thermocouple systems.
Mercury in the environment
Problems in assessing mercury concentrations in environmental materials are discussed. Data for situations involving air, water, rocks, soils, sediments, sludges, fossil fuels, plants, animals, foods, and man are drawn together and briefly evaluated. Details are provided regarding the toxicity of mercury along with tentative standards and guidelines for mercury in air, drinking water, and food.
Manufacturing contamination prevention handbook
Manufacturing management discipline handbook concerning contamination prevention may present principles and guidelines which can be adopted for industrial and commercial manufacturer usage. Contamination prevention program is categorized into three basic aspects: initial prevention; control of amount of unpreventable contamination; and detection and elimination of remaining contamination.
Application of hybrid propulsion systems to planetary missions
The feasibility and application of hybrid rocket propulsion to outer-planet orbiter missions is assessed in this study and guidelines regarding future development are provided. A Jupiter Orbiter Mission was selected for evaluation because it is the earliest planetary mission which may require advanced chemical propulsion. Mission and spacecraft characteristics which affect the selection and design of propulsion subsystems are presented. Alternative propulsion subsystems, including space-storable bipropellant liquids, a solid/monopropellant vernier, and a hybrid, are compared on the basis of performance, reliability, and cost. Cost-effectiveness comparisons are made for a range of assumptions including variation in (1) the level of need for spacecraft performance (determined in part by launch vehicle injected mass capability), and (2) achievable reliability at corresponding costs. The results indicated that the hybrid and space-storable bipropellant mechanizations are competitive.