Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987eprs.nasar....c&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Experiments in Planetary and Related Sciences and the Space Station 2 p (SEE N89-14998
Computer Science
Cosmic Dust, Sampling, Space Shuttle Payloads, Space Station Payloads, Spaceborne Experiments, Tethered Satellites, Contaminants, Density (Mass/Volume), Density (Number/Volume), Particles, Simulation
Scientific paper
The number concentration and density of 1 micron and submicron sized grains in interplanetary space, as well as their relation to the larger zodical dust particles, and the importance of the beta meteoroid phenomenon are currently being questioned. The best approach to collecting large numbers of intact micron and submicron sized cosmic dust particles in real time while avoiding terrestrial and man made contamination would be to employ a tethered subsatellite from a space station down into the earth's atmosphere. Such a subsatellite tied to the space shuttle by a 100 km long tether is being developed. It is also possible that a permanent space station would allow the use of a tether even longer than 100 km. It should be noted that the same tethered collectors could also be employed to study the composition and flux of man made earth orbiting debris in any direction within 100 km or so of the space station.
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