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You can¿t take much into space. When a rocket is on the launchpad, 99.9 percent of the mass is the fuel and the vehicle itself. That leaves 0.1 percent for everything else¿the crew and all their supplies. When considering what to bring, how do we trade off between consumables (needed for survival), spare parts (for safety), and research equipment (which gives the mission value)?
Published in:
Spectrum, IEEE
(Volume:46
,
Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication: June 2009
- Page(s):
- 39
- ISSN :
- 0018-9235
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/MSPEC.2009.4977609
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
- 27 May 2009
- Issue Date :
- June 2009
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