Space Shuttle Payloads and Data-Handling Accommodations

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / November 19-21, 1979 / Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California === The primary objective of the Space Shuttle Program is to provide an economical space transportation system that will support a wide range of scientific, defense, and commercia...

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Main Authors: Teasdale, William E., Tu, Kwei
Other Authors: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Language:en_US
Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1979
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613888
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/613888
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Summary:International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / November 19-21, 1979 / Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California === The primary objective of the Space Shuttle Program is to provide an economical space transportation system that will support a wide range of scientific, defense, and commercial applications in Earth orbit. The Shuttle will be a manned, reusable space vehicle designed to accommodate these applications. The advent of the Space Shuttle will usher in an era of space industrialization and utilization which undoubtedly will result in new products, new services, and new sources of energy.