The NASA Space Environments and Effects Program (SEE): Over a Decade of Useful Products for Spacecraft Designers and Operators

摘要

SEE program management originated at the Langley Research Center (LaRC) in the early 1990 's but was transferred to Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in FY 1995 and has remained at MSFC since that time. SEE uses 5 technical working groups and NASA Research Anouncements (NRAs, three since 1994) to achieve its technical objectives. The SEE vision is to develop and maintain a preeminent program in SPACE ENVIRONMENTS AND EFFECTS which provides a coordinated national focus for innovative technology development to support design, development, and operation of spacecraft systems that will accommodate or mitigate effects due to the presence of the space environment. In working toward that goal, SEE has produced, through the years, over 30 major Space Environments and Effects Models and Databases, over 75 major Space Environments and Effects Publications, a website that has had an average of 493 visitors per day (http://see.msfc.nasa.gov/), distribution of physical products that amounts to a total of over 1340 product deliveries, sponsorship of the last four international Spacecraft Charging Technology Conferences (the major subject matter conference in the world), and sponsorship of numerous technical standards and guidelines in the Space Environments area. Among the recent popular SEE products are the Electric Propulsion Interactions Code (EPIC), the NASA/Air Force Spacecraft Charging Analysis Program (NASCAP-2K), the L2-CPE Model, the Interactive Spacecraft Charging Handbook, the Spacecraft Contamination and Materials Outgassing Effects Knowledgebase (SCMOEK), and the Lunar E-Library.