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Reduced Pressure Atmosphere Impacts on Life Support and Internal Thermal Systems
Technical Paper
2006-01-2247
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Selecting the appropriate atmosphere for a spacecraft and mission is a complicated problem. NASA has previously used atmospheres from Earth normal composition and pressure to pure oxygen at low pressures. Future exploration missions will likely strike a compromise somewhere between the two, trying to balance operation impacts on EVA, safety concerns for flammability and health risks, life science and physiology questions, and other issues.
Life support systems and internal thermal control systems are areas that will have to respond to changes in the atmospheric composition and pressure away from the Earth-like conditions currently used on the International Space Station. This paper examines life support and internal thermal control technologies currently in use or in development to find what impacts in design, efficiency and performance, or feasibility might be expected. Understanding these changes should be helpful in producing better results during future trade studies or mission analyses.
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Anderson, M., "Reduced Pressure Atmosphere Impacts on Life Support and Internal Thermal Systems," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2247, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2247.Also In
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