S.A.M.S.P. [TRW]
Notes:
NASA/Marshall issued a number of Science & Applications Manned Space Platform contracts to McDonnell-Douglas and TRW in 1980. This TRW illustration from 1981 depicts a unmanned platform being serviced by a Space Shuttle.
This unmanned TRW platform from 1981 carries three Spacelab unpressurized experiment pallets, including a space telescope. Two large solar panel “wings” generate power while the radiator on top radiates away excess heat produced by the experiments.
The unmanned TRW platform could be customized for different missions.
The TRW platform could be transformed into a human tended microgravity laboratory by adding Spacelab pressurized modules. These contain sensitive experiments which are replaced on regular intervals by visiting Space Shuttles (bottom).
This TRW illustration from 1982 depicts two astronauts doing repairs outside the Science & Applications Manned Space Platform.
