Successful aerospace developments in Europe, Asia, the Orient, and the U.S. are bringing about the possibility of effective, fully reusable vehicles for transport of people and cargo between earth and space. These developments include: extension of airbreathing propulsion to much higher speed; densification of propellants for greater energy per unit volume of mass; structures with much greater strength-to-weight at high temperature and speed; computational advancements that enable more optimal design and integration of airframes, engines and controls; and advances in avionics, robotics, artificial intelligence and automation that enable accomplishment of earth-to-orbit (ETO) operations with much less manpower support and cost. These developments may provide improvement in ETO operations for single and multi-stage vehicles and for rocket and airbreathing flight.


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    Title :

    Impact of Propulsive Advancements on Capabilities of Reusable Earth-to-Orbit Ships


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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