%0 Conference Paper %B 50th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, May 20-22 %D 1991 %T 2024. Using Helium to Predict the Mass Properties of an Object in the Vacuum of Space %A Boynton, Richard %A Bell, R %A Wiener, K %K 06. Inertia Measurements %X How can mass properties of objects designed to operate in space best be measured in an earth based lab? Mass properties measurements of lightweight objects designed to operate in the vacuum of outer space have traditionally been made in a vacuum chamber in order to eliminate the efforts due to the mass of the air surrounding the object. Vacuum chambers are expensive and inconvenient to use. The novel method described in this paper eliminates the effect of the air mass without requiring a vacuum chamber. This method works for any shape object. %B 50th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, May 20-22 %I Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc. %C San Diego, California %P 8 %8 5/20/91 %G eng %U https://www.sawe.org/papers/2024/buy %9 6. INERTIA MEASUREMENTS %M 2024 %1 Non-Member Price: $20.00; Member Price: $10.00 Members: First 10 product downloads are Free. %2 10.00 %3 20 %4 SAWE2024