Long duration space mission success depends on extent to which crew can perform work outside spaceship; evaluation of worker requirements leads to maintenance capsule concept; capsule is held against space vehicle by circumferential belt; capsule application is illustrated in repair of meteoroid damage and in nuclear engine replacement.


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    Title :

    Space maintenance of nuclear rocket propulsion vehicles


    Additional title:

    IEEE -- Trans Aerospace


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    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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