The Role of ECUs in NASA's Project Transporters

The journey from the drafting table to the stars is fraught with as many challenges on the ground as there are in the vacuum of space. One of the less heralded yet critical aspects of this journey involves the transportation of large, sensitive projects to their launch sites. Here, the need for specialized cooling systems becomes paramount—a need that ruggedized skid-mounted Environmental Control Units (ECUs) make possible.