Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Reusable or returnable
Patent
1991-02-12
1993-02-09
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Reusable or returnable
52 7912, 52 81, 52DIG10, B64G 110
Patent
active
051847892
ABSTRACT:
A space station facility having a plurality of elongated members which form a cuboctahedral-shaped structure surrounding a central pressurized command module. The space station facility may be orbited as a space station, or used as part of a larger space station. The elongated members are all of equal length, and are used to form eight tetrahedral-shaped modules or berthing spaces, and six pyramidal-shaped modules or berthing spaces. Access to berthing ports on the central command module is provided through the fourteen berthing spaces. The elongated members may be hinged at the midpoints thereof to facilitate carrying the members in the cargo bay of a space shuttle, and for deployment in space during assembly of the space station facility.
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