- Author
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Stone, W. C.
- Title
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Conference on Reducing the Cost of Space Infrastructure and Operations. Part 1. Oral Presentations and Discussion.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5255
August 1993
203 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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space infrastructure
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cost reduction
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unit cost
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advanced propulsion
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launch insurance
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orbital habitats
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space suits
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space transportation
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extravehicular activity
- Abstract
- A conference was held from November 20-22, 1989 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland for the purpose of discussing methods for reducing the cost of space infrastructure and operations. This was a multi-disciplinary group that included invited speakers from both within and outside of the traditional aerospace community. Specific comparison was made in the case of habitats and extravehicular activity with commercially successful undersea operations on earth which operate daily under more severe environmental conditions and with operating budgets on the order of 1/1000 that of orbital analogs. Other topical areas included chemical and advanced launch systems and institutional aspects including insurance and differences between top-down control and performance-based development of space infrastructure. The proceedings are published in two separate reports. Part 1, Oral Presentations and Dicussion, is contained in the present publication and provides edited transcriptions of the invited lecture presentations and of the discussion which followed each presentation. Part 2, Topical Papers, contains prepared manuscripts which were submitted in advance of the conference and is available as a separate NISTIR report.