Methodological Approaches to the Design of a Mobile Test Facility Simulating the Outer Space

Abstract The article presents the results of analysis methodological approaches to development a mobile space simulator test facility following low-budget project under conditional name Metamorphosis. was performed at Institute Aeronautics Riga Technical University together with Cryogenic and Vacuum Systems Ltd., company specializing in production vacuum cryogenic equipment, extensive experience creating technologies used research, exploitation environment simulation. main aim study is find an inexpensive outer facility. shows that liquid helium, hydrogen, neon are significantly more expensive substances than nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, organic refrigerants (as well as equipment for their liquefaction). It desirable consider nitrogen system cooling workspace due physical properties cheap projected low-cost description systems should be included provided article. A generalized scheme based on also presented.