Living and Working in Space by Compton, W. David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION PREFACE PART I. FROM CONCEPT THROUGH DECISION, 1962–1969

1. WHAT TO DO FOR AN ENCORE: POST-APOLLO PLANS

Directions for Manned Spaceflight Space Stations after 1962 Sizing Up a Space Station Air Force Seeks Role in Space President Calls for NASA’s Plans Mueller Opens Apollo Applications Program Office

2. FROM SPENT STAGE TO ORBITAL CLUSTER, 1965–1966

Early Proposals to Use Spent Stages Marshall Sponsors the Spent Stage Concept to Design: Bounding the Problem Concept to Design: Defining the Workshop The Cluster Concept

3. APOLLO APPLICATIONS: “WEDNESDAY’S CHILD,”

Initial Plans and Budgets Seeking New Justification AAP vs. MOL Center Roles and Missions Presidential Approval

4. A SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR MANNED SPACEFLIGHT

Science in Space to 1965 Organizing for Manned Space Science Scientists and Man in Space Solar Observatories in Orbit Experiments for the Workshop More Advice from the Scientific Community

5. YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY, 1967–1969

Impact of the Fire Problems with the Cluster Missions AAP under Internal Attack Shrinking Budgets and Shrinking Program The Wet Workshop Goes Dry Retrospect and Prospect

PART II. DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATIONS TO FLY, 1969–1973

6. MANAGING THE DESIGN PHASE

Moving Out of Apollo’s Shadow A Second Skylab Management Tools The Problem of Changes The Problem of Reentry

7. LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE

Habitability of Early Spacecraft Habitability of the Wet Workshop Contribution of Industrial Designers Habitability of the Dry Workshop The Food System Marshall Calls for a Reassessment

8. THE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS

Defining the Experiments A Space Toilet Building the Medical Hardware A Simulation and What Came of It

9. STUDYING THE SUN

Solar Instruments Apollo Telescope Mount Mission Plans and Operating Procedures Technical Progress and Problems

10. LATE ADDITIONS TO THE EXPERIMENTS

Observing the Earth Earth-Resource Experiments Selecting the Investigators Flight Planning and Instrument Development Student Experiments

11. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

More Work for Contractors Test Program Module Development: Airlock and Docking Adapter Trainers and Mockups Module Development: The Workshop Reentry Reexamined

12. PREPARATIONS FOR FLIGHT

Defining Center Responsibilities Operations Planning in Houston Huntsville Organizes for Mission Support Test Pilot vs. Scientist-Astronaut Crew Training

13. LAUNCHING SKYLAB

Selecting the Launch Complex The Milkstool Preparing a Launch Plan Facility Modifications Handling the Experiments Relations with Huntsville Problems of New Hardware From Certification Review to Liftoff

PART III. THE MISSIONS AND RESULTS, 1973–1979

14. SAVING SKYLAB

The Accident Maneuvering for Minimum Heat, Maximum Power Assessing the Heat’s Effect Devising a Sunshade Plans to Increase Skylab’s Power Launch and Docking Accomplishing the Repair Investigation Board

15. THE FIRST MISSION

Private Communications Physical Fitness in Space Flight Planning: The Astronauts’ View Fight Planning: The Investigators’ View The Long-Awaited Solar Flare Critique of the First Mission

16. THE SECOND MISSION

Motion Sickness A Rescue Mission? Deploying the Twin-Pole Sunshade Solar Viewing Earth-Resource and Corollary Experiments More Mechanical Problems A Routine Day in Space A Team of Overachievers

17. THE LAST MISSION

Changes to the Mission An Error in Judgment Activation Getting to Work First Month’s Accomplishments A Comet for Christmas Carr Calls for an Assessment Around the World for 84 Days Coming Back

18. RESULTS

Medical Findings Solar Observations Earth Observations NASA’s Own Experiments Comet Observations and Student Experiments Skylab Science: An Assessment

19. WHAT GOES UP …

Plans to Save the Workshop Regaining Control of Skylab Last days of Skylab

APPENDIXES

A. Summary of the Missions B. Major Contractors C. International Aeronautical Federation World Records Set by Skylab D. Experiments E. Astronauts’ Biographies F. Comet Kohoutek G. Joint Observing Program 2, Active Regions

SOURCE NOTES INDEX THE AUTHORS Back Cover