CONSTRUCTION EXPERIMENT DESIGN & INTEGRATION CONSIDERATIONS JAMES C, JONES , 6-28-76 MACHINE DESIGN: GENERAL - BUILDING TRUSS AT VELOCITY OF 0.5 IN./SEC. REQUIRES 20 HOURS TO BUILD 1 KM - POWER REQUIRED PROBABLY LESS THAN 3 KW - EXTEND TRUSS ALONG LOCAL VERTICAL (ATTITUDE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS PROBLEMS) - MACHINE MUST BE DESIGNED TO APPROACH AEROSPACE STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY (WEIGHT PROBLEM) INTEGRATION WITH ORBITER - 4 MAN CREW , WITH EVA CAPABILITY (FOR SAFETY ONLY) - PAYLOAD WT. OF 30,000 LBS. (22,000 LBS. NORMAL ENTRY) - 2 DAYS EXP. TIME, Z-LV ATTITUDE - 3 KW ELECTRICAL POWER TO EXPERIMENT________________________________ WEIGHTS - MACHINE--------------------------- 15/000 TO 30/000 LBS - TRUSS------------------------------ *bOOO TO 7,500 LBS, - INSTRUMENT PKG---------------- <500 LBS.
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