Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – With fuel system details
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-03
2006-10-03
Barefoot, Galen (Department: 3644)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
With fuel system details
C244S172500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07114682
ABSTRACT:
A system for transportation and storage of cargo in space includes one or more platforms. The platforms are operable to hold multiple removable propellant tanks and rendezvous with one or more other platforms in space. The platforms also include one or more thruster systems and positioners. Each positioner has an effector operable to grip a band disposed around each propellant tank. Each positioner is operable to facilitate the transfer of the multiple removable propellant tanks between platforms during the rendezvous.
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Citron Robert A.
Kistler Walter P.
Taylor Thomas C.
Barefoot Galen
Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
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