Space Shuttle Program History: Lessons Learned From Space Shuttle External Tank Development - A Technical History of the External Tank

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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781476329024
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: August 16, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781476329024
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: August 16, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English
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This report details the technical history of developing the Space Shuttle External Tank and documents lessons learned during that effort. Development is chronicled beginning with the pre-proposal phase, then the proposal phase, through early design and test programs, continuing through Lightweight External Tank development, Challenger impacts, environmental effects, and finally ending with development of the Super Lightweight Tank.

Contents: 1.0 Pre Proposal Phase * 2.0 Proposal Phase * 3.0 Early Design * 4.0 Test Program * 4.1 Materials * 4.2 Components * 4.3 Major Ground Tests * 4.3.1 Structural Tests * 4.3.2 Dynamic Test * 4.3.3 Propulsion Tests * 5.0 Lightweight External Tank * 6.0 Challenger Impacts * 7.0 Environmental Effects * 8.0 Super Lightweight Tank (SLWT) * 8.1 Lessons Learned from SLWT Effort * Appendix A * Acronyms and Abbreviations

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This report details the technical history of developing the Space Shuttle External Tank and documents lessons learned during that effort. Development is chronicled beginning with the pre-proposal phase, then the proposal phase, through early design and test programs, continuing through Lightweight External Tank development, Challenger impacts, environmental effects, and finally ending with development of the Super Lightweight Tank.

Contents: 1.0 Pre Proposal Phase * 2.0 Proposal Phase * 3.0 Early Design * 4.0 Test Program * 4.1 Materials * 4.2 Components * 4.3 Major Ground Tests * 4.3.1 Structural Tests * 4.3.2 Dynamic Test * 4.3.3 Propulsion Tests * 5.0 Lightweight External Tank * 6.0 Challenger Impacts * 7.0 Environmental Effects * 8.0 Super Lightweight Tank (SLWT) * 8.1 Lessons Learned from SLWT Effort * Appendix A * Acronyms and Abbreviations

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