OUTPOST - A commercial service platform in orbit
Abstract
An OUTPOST platform, a man visited, low earth platform derived from the External Tank of the Space Shuttle is described. The platform is designed to provide commercial services to an international market and to be available for governmental use. It is believed that the OUTPOST platform can play a role in a program of innovative government and industry cooperation to help commercial organizations and government to participate in space science, microgravity research, and technology development.
- Publication:
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Washington, DC International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992wadc.iafcW....T
- Keywords:
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- External Tanks;
- Government/Industry Relations;
- Space Platforms;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Manned Maneuvering Units;
- Orbit Insertion;
- Orbital Assembly;
- Orbital Servicing;
- Astronautics (General)