Since the 1960s, NASA, the Air Force, and now private industry have attempted to develop an operational human crewed reusable spacecraft with a wingless, lifting body configuration. This type of vehicle offers increased mission flexibility and greater reentry cross range than capsule type craft, and is particularly attractive due to the capability to land on a runway. That capability, however, adds complexity to the human factors engineering requirements of developing such aircraft.
Human Factors Lessons Learned from Flight Testing Wingless Lifting Body Vehicles
Aerospace Medical Association Annual Meeting ; 2014 ; San Diego CA, United States
2014-05-11
Conference paper
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English
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