Telecommunication satellites in the geostationary
belt.
Enlargements available at e-Sax.com.
More satellite info available at
Analytical Graphics' Satellite
database &
Spacecraft Digest.
This page looks at technologies of systems for space
based activities such as satellites, space
stations, etc.
DLR
- Robotik und Mechatronik Institute - involved
in several space robotics projects, including
the capture of unpowered spacecraft not designed
for it and which may be tumbling.
NASA SHARP: developing ceramic materials
that maintain their shapes and strengths at temperatures
far higher than what the shuttle tiles can withstand.
Also, they are much less fragile than the tiles.
Intended to allow for sharp edged vehicle structures
rather than the bulbous, high-drag shapes of the
Shuttle and other lifting bodies.
Master
thesis in architecture report by Janek Kozicki
in Poland on the design of a Mars base using inflatable
structures. It's not been translated yet but the
graphics are fairly understandable.
