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The Strategic Technologies for Automation and Robotics (Stear) Program: Protection of Materials in the Space Environment Sub-Program

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Protection of Materials and Structures from the Low Earth Orbit Space Environment

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Three projects have just been completed on the development of new coatings for the protection of materials in the space environment. These coatings are based on vacuum deposition technologies. The projects have gone as far as the proof-of-concept stage where the commercial potential for the technology was demonstrated on pilot-scale fabrication facilities in early 1996.

These projects were part of a sub-program to develop supporting technologies for automation and robotics technologies being developed under the Canadian Space Agency’s STEAR Program, the research and development component of the Canadian Space Station Program.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Canadian Space Agency, STEAR Program, Canada

    C. Brunet & L. R. Schmidt

  2. Institute for Aerospace Studies, National Research Council, Canada

    D. Zimcik

  3. CanMet, Metals Technology Laboratories, Natural Resources Canada, Canada

    J. Jackman

  4. Institute for Environmental Chemistry, National Research Council of Canada, Canada

    D. Carlsson

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  1. Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc., Toronto, Canada

    Jacob I. Kleiman

  2. Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

    Roderick C. Tennyson

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Brunet, C., Schmidt, L.R., Zimcik, D., Jackman, J., Carlsson, D. (1999). The Strategic Technologies for Automation and Robotics (Stear) Program: Protection of Materials in the Space Environment Sub-Program. In: Kleiman, J.I., Tennyson, R.C. (eds) Protection of Materials and Structures from the Low Earth Orbit Space Environment. Space Technology Proceedings, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4768-2_11

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4768-2_11

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