TransHab radiation shield water tank: A solar storm shelter for personnel on ISS or a mars interplanetary mission

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Almlie, Jay C ^a   Ungar, Eugene K ^b   Smith, Frederick D ^b  

^a Hernandez Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NASA; RADIATION SHIELDING; WATER TANKS;

CAPILLARY FORCE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; INTERPLANETARY MISSION; SOLAR EVENTS; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; SOLAR STORMS; STORAGE TANK; WATER PROCESSING;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 85072473032     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-1936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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