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Effects of simulated space environment on Skylab parasol material
- Publication Year :
- 1974
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1974.
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Abstract
- A material consisting of ripstop nylon bonded to the Mylar side of aluminized Mylar film was used to construct the first Skylab parasol. The mechanical properties of elongation and tensile strength and the radiative properties of solar absorptance and thermal emittance were measured before and after exposure to simulated solar radiation at intensities of 1.0 and 3.5 solar constants for exposure times as long as 947 hours or 3316 equivalent solar hours. The accelerated testing indicated more severe degradation than was experienced in the real-time test (1 solar constant). The results predicted that this material could have given satisfactory performance throughout the planned lifetime of the Skylab workshop.
- Subjects :
- Materials, Nonmetallic
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- RTOP 502-21-27-01
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19740014115
- Document Type :
- Report