Start Date
4-1986 8:00 AM
Description
Whether adding microgravity to an experiment as a key ingredient or as an "X" factor, investigators need to minimize cost and risk while assuring adequate control and data.
The crew quarters of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, called the Middeck, offers the optimum environment for this type of activity. The experiment packages can be controlled by the investigator until shortly before launch, and can be retrieved shortly after landing. Utilities are readily available. Human interaction and observation by astronauts and crew members is also possible.
NASA is optimizing this resource with its new Middeck Accommodations Rack (MAR), which displaces the original galley, normally carried only on Spacelab module flights.
Economy of Middeck Payloads
Whether adding microgravity to an experiment as a key ingredient or as an "X" factor, investigators need to minimize cost and risk while assuring adequate control and data.
The crew quarters of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, called the Middeck, offers the optimum environment for this type of activity. The experiment packages can be controlled by the investigator until shortly before launch, and can be retrieved shortly after landing. Utilities are readily available. Human interaction and observation by astronauts and crew members is also possible.
NASA is optimizing this resource with its new Middeck Accommodations Rack (MAR), which displaces the original galley, normally carried only on Spacelab module flights.
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