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A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the SpacecoachSafety and Autonomy

A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the Spacecoach: Safety and Autonomy [Safety and Autonomy: Spacecoaches, because of the abundance of water and consumables on board, and the absence of high thrust rockets with catastrophic failure modes, will be inherently safer and should also provide a high degree of autonomy compared to conventional spacecraft and mission architectures. This chapter explores the safety features that can be incorporated into these ships to make them safer, more durable, and more field serviceable.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the SpacecoachSafety and Autonomy

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-22676-7
Pages
51 –54
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22677-4_8
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[Safety and Autonomy: Spacecoaches, because of the abundance of water and consumables on board, and the absence of high thrust rockets with catastrophic failure modes, will be inherently safer and should also provide a high degree of autonomy compared to conventional spacecraft and mission architectures. This chapter explores the safety features that can be incorporated into these ships to make them safer, more durable, and more field serviceable.]

Published: Sep 16, 2015

Keywords: Safety Feature; Space Debris; Ship Design; Design Competition; Thrust Rocket

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