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Man-Rating Provisions of the Boeing 40- by 50-Foot Space Chamber

VanBronkhorst, John
Manager, The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash.

Yerkes, J. W.
Staff engineer, The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash.

Pages: 10    Published: Jan 1966

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Abstract

The man-rating features of the 40-foot diameter by 50-foot space environment chamber at The Boeing Co. facility in Kent, Wash., are described. This chamber was designed to allow the testing of large, manned, pressurized spacecraft in real-time simulation of earth-orbiting and deep-space missions. Key features pertaining to manned occupancy, including structural design, pumping systems, repressurization systems, controls, monitoring and rescue provisions, and biomedical training and treatment are described.