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Testing and Analysis of the First Plastic Melt Waste Compactor Prototype
Technical Paper
2005-01-3080
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A half scale version of a device called the Plastic Melt Waste Compactor prototype is being developed at NASA Ames Research Center to deal with plastic based wastes that are expected to be encountered in future human space exploration scenarios such as Lunar or Martian Missions. The Plastic Melt Waste Compactor design was based on the types of wastes produced on the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, MIR and Skylab missions. The half scale prototype unit will lead to the development of a full scale Plastic Melt Waste Compactor prototype that is representative of flight hardware that would be used on near and far term space missions. This paper details the progress of the Plastic Melt Waste Compactor Development effort by the Solid Waste Management group at NASA Ames Research Center.
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Pace, G. and Fisher, J., "Testing and Analysis of the First Plastic Melt Waste Compactor Prototype," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-3080, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-3080.Also In
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