In November 2002, NASA revised its Integrated Space Transportation Plan (ISTP) to evolve the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) to serve as a theme for two emerging programs. The first of these, the Orbital Space Plane (OSP), was intended to provide crew-escape and crew-transfer functions for the ISS. The second, the NGLT Program, developed technologies needed for safe, routine space access for scientific exploration, commerce, and national defense. The NGLT Program was comprised of 12 projects, ranging from fundamental high-temperature materials research to full-scale engine system developments (turbine and rocket) to scramjet flight test. The Program included technology advancement activities with a broad range of objectives, ultimate applications/timeframes, and technology maturity levels. An over-arching Systems Engineering and Analysis (SE&A) approach was employed to focus technology advancements according to a common set of requirements. Investments were categorized into three segments of technology maturation: propulsion technologies, launch systems technologies, and SE&A.
Next Generation Launch Technology Program Lessons Learned
2005
22 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Rocket Engines & Motors , Nasa space programs , Technology utilization , Space transportation , Defense program , Propulsion system performance , Supersonic combustion ramjet engines , Flight tests , Aerospace planes , Systems engineering , Propulsion system configurations , Space exploration
AIAA-2005-2562 Next Generation Launch Technology Program Lessons Learned
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