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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:11
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:11
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In <1993Jan27.190735.17499@cc.ic.ac.uk> atae@crab.ph.ic (Ata Etemadi) writes: > Are there any companies out there whose off-the-shelf products are >space-qualified ? That depends on what you mean by space-qualified. The Russians consider canned borsht from the local supermartski to be space- qualified. NASA doesn't. Space-qualifed today means 1) lightweight (because transportation is so expensive), 2) reliable (because there's no one to fix it it breaks down), and 3) able to operate in conditions of extreme heat, cold, vaccuum, etc. Given a reliable, low-cost space transportation system, 1 and 2 become much less important. And if you have a rotating space station, with artificial gravity and earth-normal or near-normal atmosphere, 3 ceases to be important as well, and you can buy just about everything off the shelf.
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From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
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Subject: Re: Using off-the-shelf-components
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