- Author
- Friedman, R. | Sacksteder, K. R.
- Title
- Science and Technology Issues in Spacecraft Fire Safety.
- Coporate
- NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
- Report
- NASA TM 88933; AIAA-87-0467, January 1987, 29 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 25th. January 12-15, 1987., Reno, NV, 1-30 p., 1987
- Keywords
- spacecraft fires | combustion | fire fighting | fire detection | flammability | inerting | toxicology
- Identifiers
- spacecraft
- Abstract
- The Space Station, a permanently-inhabited orbiting laboratory, places new demands on spacecraft fire safety. This paper discusses fire safety issues through a review of the state of the art and a presentation of key findings from a recent NASA Lewis Research Center workshop.