OBJECTIVES - CONSTRUCTION EXPERIMENT EtOlEERlNG • INITIATE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATED FABRICATION OF VERY LARGE, VERY LOW DENSITY STRUCTURE FOR FUTURE SPACE SYSTEMS - FABRICATE A STRUCTURAL TRUSS, FROM ALUMINUM OR COMPOSITE MATERIAL, 0.2 TO 1.0 KILOMETER IN LENGTH - PERFORM ENGINEERING TESTS WHICH INCLUDE: STRUCTURAL LOADING STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS THERMAL EFFECTS - DETERMINE EFFECTS OF FABRICATION RATES - DETERMINE STABILITY AND HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNIQUES • USE THE STRUCTURE FOR LARGE ANTENNA (GIANT SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR, ETC.) • ATTACH PROPULSION PACKS TO INVESTIGATE ATTITUDE CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR LARGE SEMI-RIGID STRUCTURE A, J. LOUVIERE 6/28/76
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