Paper examines projected manned logistics traffic for earth-orbital missions and presents 4 design approaches; System 1 reflects maximum utilization of existing hardware; booster is Saturn-I-B; carrier is Apollo, modified to carry 6 passengers; System 2 is identical to 1 except that winged carrier vehicle, with 10 passengers and crew of 2, replaces Apollo; System 3 is recoverable 3-stage horizontal-takeoff rocket airplane; all stages are winged; System 4 is derived from 3 by substituting airbreathing first stage; first-stage engines are turbo-ramjets augmented by rockets; cost comparison. (formerly Astronautics and Aerospace Eng)
Potential of recoverable booster systems for orbital logistics
Astronautics Aeronautics
Astronautics and Aeronautics ; 2 , n 1
1964
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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