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Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

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Appendix F: <strong>Tether</strong> Boost Facility Design Final Report- Pwr Mgt Unit 5 6 6 10x more power than anything that's beendone. NRA 8-30 will reach TRL 6 by 2005.- EPS Control Processor- Battery Charger- Power Regulator- Power Distributor- Batteries 6 7 8 Rechargeable lithium batteries have beenflown- Software 5 6 6Cmd and Data Handling 6 6 6 some autonomy w/ ground assist- Computer- TLM Mux/Demux- Software- Operating SystemFlight Control Software 3 3 3 Hoyt's models include simple control- Orbital Mechanics 3 3 3 distributed mass and ED thrust complicatethis- Equipment Control 3 3 3 non-standard equipmentNetworks Subsystem (NS) 8 8 8- Power Cables- Data CablesRetrieval,Deployment and SpinControl- Winch, winch motor,traction drive, motors and controller- <strong>Tether</strong> cutter 7- <strong>Tether</strong> deploy speedsensor- <strong>Tether</strong> deployed lengthsensor- <strong>Tether</strong> fully deployedsensor- <strong>Tether</strong> tension sensor- <strong>Tether</strong> impact detector- Separated tether detector- <strong>Tether</strong> departure anglesensor- <strong>Tether</strong> position sensorneed Hoyt's input on these items - mostat very low TRL6 6 6 TSS = Today's TRLTable 4.2 (cont’d). TRL assessments for Control Station subsystemsF-15

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