Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Reusable or returnable
Patent
1977-02-10
1979-01-02
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Reusable or returnable
214331, 244118R, 244120, B64G 100
Patent
active
041323734
ABSTRACT:
A manned space flight body comprises a cylindrical shell and a shelf construction built into the axially extending, elongated cell defined by the shell. The shelf construction has a shape resembling a hollow prism and is comprised of a plurality of individual, radially extending and axially adjacent storage rooms for various systems used in space flight, and an axially extending operating room is in the free center of the cell surrounded by the shelf construction. All the storage rooms are accessible from the central operating room which is arranged to permit movement therethrough for access to the storage rooms.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Kelman Kurt
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