What are the future space drive technology needs and issues for Manned Space Craft?
• Future missions expected & drives needed for these missions. • Space Station • Need improved bearings, lubricants and gears. • Type is dependent on application. • Manned missions to Mars. • Need improved bearings, lubricants and gears. • Type is dependent on the application. • Shuttle flights to space station. • Cryogenic propulsion issues. • Technology barriers for future space drive systems • Qualification testing methodologies inadequate. • Significant technology milestones we should strive for. • Improved accelerated life testing techniques. • Reliable scaling factors. • Improved design methodologies. • Future space drive research facilities needed. • A need for project centers to develop technology. • Facility to develop improved robotic joints. • Facility to develop easily replaceable systems. • Space qualification methods needed for future space drives • A need for developing accelerated life-testing methodologies. • A need for developing scale factors that are accurate. • Syn
