Method for producing extreme microgravity in extended volumes

Details Method for producing extreme microgravity in extended volumes Method for producing extreme microgravity in extended volumes

1994-08-03

1999-03-30

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Attitude control

B64G 124

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active

058878270

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for use thereof in the creating of a nanogravity environment substantially throughout a working volume sufficient for performing a desired operation and existing for a length of time sufficient for performing the desired operation are disclosed. Involved in the creation of the nanogravity environment are the use of an apparatus in which the mass density of the walls are distributed (either directly or by the attachment of compensating masses) so that the surface density of the mass is directly proportional to the electric charge density along the walls which would be sufficient to neutralize the interior electric field, the orbiting of the apparatus around a planetary mass, and the minimization of disruptive accelerations on the apparatus by the selective transfer of the momentum of solar photons to the apparatus.

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