Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator: Difference between revisions

The Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator is a stainless-steel cylinder {{convert|85|ft|m}} in height and {{convert|27|ft|m}} in diameter. A doorway {{convert|15|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|25|ft|m}} high provides access for bringing test objects and equipment into the chamber; a personnel access door is built into the larger doorway. The walls and floor of the chamber are lined with cooling shrouds providing a controllable temperature range from {{convert|-320|F|C}} to {{convert|200|F|C}}. A series of lamps, lenses, and mirrors are capable of irradiating the chamber with a directed beam of simulated solar energy in a variety of patterns and strengths. The chamber is capable of being de-pressurized to 5x10e5&times;10^-7 [[torr]]. Adjacent to the chamber is a [[clean room]] in which equipment can be prepared for testing.<ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twenty-Five Foot Space Simulator|url={{NHLS url|id=85002812}} |format=pdf|date=May 15, 1984 |author=Harry A. Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=85002812|title=''Accompanying 2 photos, exterior and interior, from 1983''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>