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Planetary impact experimentationAn understanding of impact processes in low- and microgravity environments would be advanced significantly by the construction and use of an impact facility on the Space Station. It is proposed that initial studies begin as soon as possible in ground-based impact laboratories, on the NASA KC-135 Reduced-Gravity Aircraft, and in existing drop towers. The resulting experience and information base could then be applied toward an experiment package designed for use on Shuttle orbiters to support pilot studies in orbital environments. These experiments, as well as the first efforts made on the IOC Space Station, should involve the impact of various free-floating targets; such studies would yield a substantial scientific return while providing valuable experience and engineering information for use in refining the design of the dedicated Space Station Impact Facility. The dedicated facility should be designed to support impact experimentation, including but not limited to cratering, asteroid and ring-particle dynamics, and accretional processes.
Document ID
19890005628
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cintala, Mark J. (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX., United States)
Schultz, Peter H. (Brown Univ. Providence, RI., United States)
Hoerz, Friedrich (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Experiments in Planetary and Related Sciences and the Space Station
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
89N14999
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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