Re: Skylab reuse study (NASA PDF)




lexcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Skylab reuse study
> Allison, J.; Allayaud, D.; Barry, R.; Champion, R.; Farris, R.;
> Haefeli, R.; Karnes, E.; Kruger, R.; Littler, E.; Winter, M.
> NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
> NASA-CR-161180; MCR-78-655 , 19780901; Sep 1, 1978
> http://ntrs.nasa.gov/index.cgi?method=display&redirect=http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19790075817&oaiID=oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19790075817
>
>
> Interesting paper showing possibilities for using Shuttle to beef up
> Skylab. Interesting scale comparisons...
>
> Also:
> Long-term risk analysis associated with nuclear waste disposal in space
> Friedlander, A. L.; Davis, D. R.
> NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
> NASA-CR-161100; SAI-1-120-062-T12 , 19781201; Dec 1, 1978
>
> http://ntrs.nasa.gov/index.cgi?method=display&redirect=http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19790075166&oaiID=oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19790075166
>
> Not a *single* reference to blowing the Moon out of orbit.

Too bad Skylab didn't stay in orbit a few more years. The Space Shuttle
would have had somewhere to go during its first 20-years.

Rusty

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