Start Date
4-1976 8:00 AM
Description
The Space Shuttle is a complex flight vehicle comprised of four major elements: orbiter, external tank, main engines, and solid rocket booster.
Integrating the requirements, design, and verification requires resolution of challenging technical problems in flight performance, aerodynamics, aero thermodynamics, structural dynamics and loads, flight control, and propulsion.
The departure from typical cylindrical booster and spacecraft launch configurations complicates analysis and design. Techniques being used to identify and resolve technical problems encountered in integrating the Space Shuttle are discussed.
Technical Challenges of Integrating the Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a complex flight vehicle comprised of four major elements: orbiter, external tank, main engines, and solid rocket booster.
Integrating the requirements, design, and verification requires resolution of challenging technical problems in flight performance, aerodynamics, aero thermodynamics, structural dynamics and loads, flight control, and propulsion.
The departure from typical cylindrical booster and spacecraft launch configurations complicates analysis and design. Techniques being used to identify and resolve technical problems encountered in integrating the Space Shuttle are discussed.
Comments
Shuttle/ Technical Problems
Session Chairman: D. Buchanan, Associate Director for Design, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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