Paper argues that cost of space flight can be brought down sharply if full use is made of hardware being planned and reusable boosters being built; review of growth potential of Saturn shows that it could be used for boosters to succeed Atlas-Centaur, for simple and complex space stations to be used for test flights in preparation for manned planetary flight, and for planetary missions themselves; possibility of recovery by inflatable drag cones and advantages of nuclear boosters, is examined.


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    Title :

    Keys to "economical" space flight -- Saturn hardware and reusable boosters


    Additional title:

    Space/Aeronautics


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    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




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