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What requirements are there for spacecraft windows?
I'm doing a school project which involves designing an inflatable habitat for interplanetary space travel and I want to put windows on it. However, I'm not sure what requirements it needs to meet or what dimensions would good and so forth. I found a report by NASA on windows for the Apollo mission as the first search result for "spacecraft windows" but it doesn't deal with inflatable habitats and I don't know how differently that would affect it. Anyone know any good links to look up or knowledge to share on the subject? I would appreciate it.
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- Brian TLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
1st. Able to withstand temperatures. Re-entry poses hightemp limits.
2. Able to take micrometior hits. analysis has indicated that there have been many hits without breaking.
3. Transparency. People expect to be able to look out these.
4. Reasonable weight.
Source(s): All windows for the spacecraft used by the United States have come from Corning Inc. There must be many publications about them. If you look for Dr. Henry Hagy in the phone book in the Corning NY area, you will talk to someone who helped start the program and is one of the world experts. If you can;t get him, try 607 3594708 (Brian Tyndell) I worked with Hank and people who improved the windows.