Effects on spacecraft shield weight requirements of radiation and meteoroid environments are examined; shield weight sensitivity to solar cycle, solar flare flux distribution, allowable dose, and recovery factor are significant; interplanetary meteoroid flux models are postulated to define uncertainty ranges, and shield weight sensitivities to meteoroid flux and structural design efficiency are examined; advances in meteoroid bumper design technology can lead to large savings in Earth orbital weight for all missions considered. (30986)
Sensitivity of long-duration manned spacecraft design to environmental uncertainties
ASME Aviation Space -- Progress Prospects
ASME -- Annual Aviation and Space Conference ; 1968 ; United States , Beverly Hills, CA Radiation shielding
1968
7 pages
Conference paper
English
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Sensitivity of manned planetary spacecraft design to radiation uncertainties
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