The National Aerospace Plane is a horizontal take off and landing, single stage-to-orbit vehicle using hydrogen as the fuel. The first flights are planned for the mid 1990's. The success of this important national program requires advancements in virtually every discipline associated with both airbreathing and space flight. The high heating value, cooling capacity and combustion properties make hydrogen the fuel of choice, but the low density results in a large vehicle. Both the fuel cooling capacity and density are increased with the use of slush hydrogen and results in significant reductions in size of the vehicle. A national program to advance this technology and to find engineering solutions to the many design issues is now underway. The program uses the expertise of the instrumentation industry, universities, and government. This program will be discussed to highlight the major issues and display the progress to date.


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    Title :

    Technology issues associated with fueling the national aerospace plane with slush hydrogen


    Additional title:

    Technologische Probleme im Zusammenhang mit der Treibstoffaufnahme des nationalen Raumflugzeuges fuer Wasserstoffschlamm


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 3 Tabellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English