A program to develop the technology for reusable airbreathing hypersonic/transatmospheric vehicles is addressed. Information on the following topics is presented in viewgraph form: (1) the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program schedule; (2) the NASP program organization; (3) competitive strategy; (4) propulsion options; (5) wind tunnel data available for NASP; (6) ground track of envelope expansion; and (7) altitude vs. Mach number. A NASP/Space Shuttle comparison, NASP configuration matrix, and the propulsion concept of a high speed scramjet are also briefly addressed.


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    Title :

    National AERO-Space Plane (NASP) Program


    Contributors:
    M. H. Tank (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    24 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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