MadSci Network: Engineering |
Ann, After much searching on both NASA and CSA websites both public and internal, I can find only one reference for a weight spec for the SSRMS. The URL (which may be the longest I've ever seen) is below. It seems that the SSRMS will be a part of the overall Canadian Mobile Service Module (MSM) that will be able to slide up and down the station on the truss segments and perform maintenance and assembly tasks later in the mission. The total MSM will also include (eventually) another pair of Canadian robotic arms with sufficient dexterity to complete tasks that previously required a spacewalk. In case the url fails, the spec quoted for the total MSM is a 125 ton (US) payload capability. Terribly sorry I couldn't do any better than this; it's a very good question. Scott Kniffin Orbital Sciences Corp. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 562 skniffin@pop300.gsfc.nasa.gov http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/factsheets/pdfs/factbook/issfactbook. pdf#xml=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search/xml. txt
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