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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Spacecraft thermal control handbook / edited by David G. Gilmore.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

1-88498-914-4

(v. 2)
1. Space vehicles-Thermodynamics. 2. Space vehicles-Cooling. I. Gilmore, David G.

TL900 .S595 2002
629.47 ?4-dc21 2002013535

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The material in this book was reviewed by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and NASA, and approved for public release.

Contributing Authors

N. Abhyankar, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chapter 21, Cryocooler Endurance Testing

R. C. Bowman Jr., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Chapter 10, Closed-Cycle Joule-Thomson Cryocoolers

D. Bugby, Swales Aerospace, Beltsville, Maryland
Chapter 14, Flexible Conductive Links
Chapter 15, Cryogenic Thermal Switches
Chapter 16, Cryogenic Heat Transport Devices
Chapter 17, Cryogenic Thermal Storage Units