Workshop on Astrophysics Utilization of the Space Station. Volume 4: Assembling astrophysics at the Space Station

摘要

To provide an early perspective on astrophysics requirements for in-orbit assembly in conjunction with the Space Station, four missions have been selected as being representative of the range of astrophysics missions that will require such assembly: the Large Deployable Reflector (LDR), the Coherent Optical System of Modular Imaging Collectors (COSMIC), the High Energy Space Station Array (HESS Array), and the Gamma Ray Imaging Telescope System (GRITS). The success of these missions will depend critically upon a Space Station that includes in-space, in-orbit assembly facilities by the end of the 1990's. The hardware and objectives are described of the missions and assembly scenarios are developed for the hardware.