Technologies including accelerated technology that are critical to performance and/or provide cost advantages for future space transportation systems are identified. Mission models are scoped and include priority missions, and cargo missions. Summary data, providing primary design concepts and features, are given for the SSTO, HLLV, POTV, and LCOTV vehicles. Significant system costs and total system costs in terms of life cycle costs in both discounted and undiscounted dollars are summarized for each of the vehicles.
Technology Requirements for Future Earth-to-Geosynchronous Orbit Transportation Systems. Volume 1: Executive Summary
1980
40 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Earth orbital rendezvous , Geosynchronous orbits , Life cycle costs , Mission planning , Orbit transfer vehicles , Single stage to orbit vehicles , Space transportation system , Aerospace engineering , Cargo spacecraft , Launch vehicles , Orbital assembly , Payload delivery (Sts) , Space industrialization , Spacecraft design , Technology assessment