To assure national leadership in space operations and exploration in the future, NASA must be able to provide cost effective and operationally efficient space transportation. Several NASA studies and the joint NASA/DoD Space Transportation Architecture Studies (STAS) have shown the need for a multi-vehicle space transportation system with designs driven by enhanced operations and low costs. NASA is currently studying an advanced manned launch system (AMLS) approach to transport crew and cargo to the Space Station Freedom. Several single and multiple stage systems from air-breathing to all-rocket concepts are being examined in a series of studies potential replacements for the Space Shuttle launch system in the 2000-2010 time frame. Rockwell International Corporation, under contract to the NASA Langley Research Center, has analyzed a two-stage all-rocket concept to determine whether this class of vehicles is appropriate for the AMLS function. The results of the pre-phase A study are discussed.


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    Title :

    Advanced Manned Launch System (AMLS) Study


    Contributors:
    C. F. Ehrlich (author) / J. Potts (author) / J. Brown (author) / K. Schell (author) / M. Manley (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    230 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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