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Why are Space Stations So Hard?

Why are Space Stations So Hard?. Roger D. Launius National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution. September 8, 2005. “The Brick Moon”. Edward Everett Hale published Atlantic Monthly short story, 1869.

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Why are Space Stations So Hard?

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  1. Why are Space Stations So Hard? Roger D. Launius National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution September 8, 2005

  2. “The Brick Moon” • Edward Everett Hale published Atlantic Monthly short story, 1869. • Tell of a 200-foot sphere (built of bricks to "stand fire, very, very well") launched into a 4,000 mile high orbit. • Purpose was to provide a longitude fix for navigators who would see it as a bright star. • Spinning fly-wheels throw the artificial moon into its correct orbital path.

  3. Tsiolkovskiy’s Space Station

  4. Hermann Noordung’s Space Station

  5. Wernher von Braun/Collier’s 1952 Concept

  6. Langley’s Inflatable Concept

  7. 2001: A Space Odyssey

  8. Salyut • Seven Salyut Stations placed in orbit • Program lasted between 1971 and 1986 • The Salyut 7 in Earth orbit with a Soyuz T ferry craft attached in mid-1980s

  9. Skylab

  10. Shuttle/Station Concepts

  11. Space Station Freedom

  12. Shuttle/Mir Missions

  13. International Space Station

  14. Space Tourism and Colonies?

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