Space-Tethered Atmospheric Systems
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J. L. Anderson. (1991), JBIS, 44, pp.103-110
Refcode: 1991.44.103
Abstract:
Nature has evolved a great variety of shapes for its organisms. Though some seem strange at first, they are, in fact, carefully adapted or designed for the jobs at hand. It should not be surprising then that we have learned to do the same in our quest to investigate nature, explore the Earth and space, and develop civilization. We design tools, instruments, structures and machines that are adapted for the environment or task to be performed. In particular, from the early days of space exploration the machines and spacecraft devised took forms that often surprised our Earth-bound intuition. Blunt bodies instead of streamlined for heat dissipation; spindly structures for zero gravity fields; awkward-looking appendages for solar energy collection.
