The mechanical systems of modern spacecraft, such as bearings, gear trains, actuators, deployment mechanisms, and slip rings, operate in an environment that is fundamentally hostile to conventional tribological practice. Factors like high vacuum eliminate the atmospheric boundary layers that protect terrestrial contact...
Lincoln Pinoski, Ella Massey, Kenjiro Nakajima et al.· Astronautics· 0 citations
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