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- From: grasso@tramp.Colorado.EDU (GRASSO CHRISTOPHER A)
- Subject: Ground support for LDO shuttle as ACRV
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.162220.23493@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:22:20 GMT
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- Several times during the discussion on station resupply and crew return,
- the notion of using one of the long-duration orbiters as the
- crew rotation and ACRV has been mentioned. While one shuttle is
- docked at Freedom, others would presumably fly indpendent
- missions.
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- My question: what changes to mission ops will be necessary to provide
- ground support for the two vehicles simultaneously? Presumably,
- since an LDO is specified, the docked shuttle will not draw power
- and control signals from Freedom, but will be an independently
- operating vehicle with its own systems "on" and requiring oversight.
- Or is some sort of data adapter planned to hook Freedom data and
- control paths to shuttle flight control systems? Or is the flight
- telemetry to be relayed to Freedom to allow the astronauts on station
- to control shuttle systems in a manner similar to ground controllers?
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- -Chris
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- Chris Grasso
- CSC
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
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