Address by Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Joint AIAA/CASI Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 8, 1968. AS DELIVERED.; Includes charts.
Address by Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration before the Ninth National Conference of United Press International Editors and Publishers, October 8, 1968.
The need for high reliability and great care in modern engineering is stressed. Disciplines to eliminate or decrease errors are described. College courses should interweave this approach into study projects.
This paper presents a general review of major structural alloys that have been used in liquid rockets and space vehicles, the current state-of-the-art as applied to the Apollo launch vehicle systems, and discusses some materials currently under development for future requirements in vehicles for space exploration. Some aspects of the importance of corrosion resistant materials and suitable protective measures are discussed, as applied to both flight hardware and associated ground support equipment.