The Effect of Resource Cost on Selection of Life Support Technologies

951492

07/01/1995

Event
International Conference on Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
The relationship between the duration and location of a manned space mission and significant life support resource costs is considered. These costs include mass, pressurized volume, energy, cooling and manpower. They are converted to common mass units (equivalent mass), and the probable range of values addressed. R&D and fabrication costs are hard to estimate and are not considered here, nor are any political constraints. With high equivalencies (e.g., cheap power), the relative effect of equipment mass is increased and in consequence the cost-effectiveness of bioregenerative life support rises dramatically.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/951492
Pages
9
Citation
Drysdale, A., "The Effect of Resource Cost on Selection of Life Support Technologies," SAE Technical Paper 951492, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951492.
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Publisher
Published
Jul 1, 1995
Product Code
951492
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English