Fulfillment of the vision of the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) Program--to build and flight test a horizontal-takeoff, single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) research vehicle--will result from the achievement of significant advances in the state-of-the-art across the entire spectrum of applicable aerospace technologies. These technology advancements will not be merely 'enhancing' to the design or performance of an aero-space plane, but rather are required to 'enable' the successful design, fabrication, and ultimate flight of such an aircraft. The 'enabling' technologies encompass propulsion, aerodynamics (and the total integration of the propulsion system with the vehicle aerodynamic configuration), computational fluid dynamics, materials and structures, flight systems, and cryogenic fuels. No single technology, of itself, will 'enable' the successful development of an aero-space plane; rather, it is the synergy of advancements in each and every one of these technological disciplines which will ultimately 'enable' that development.


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    Technologies for the National Aero-Space Plane

    Rausch, Vincent L. / Morris, Charles E. K., Jr. | NTRS | 1992



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    Piland, William M. | NTRS | 1987