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Technology requirements for future earth-to-geosynchronous orbit transportation systems. volume 2: technical results
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Caluori, V. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | Technologies either critical to performance of offering cost advantages compared to the investment required to bring them to usable confidence levels are identified. A total transportation system is used as an evaluation yardstick. Vehicles included in the system are a single stage to orbit launch vehicle used in a priority cargo role, a matching orbit transfer vehicle, a heavy lift launch vehicle with a low Earth orbit delivery capability of 226, 575 kg, and a matching solar electric cargo orbit transfer vehicle. The system and its reference technology level are consistent with an initial operational capability in 1990. The 15 year mission scenario is based on early space industrialization leading to the deployment of large systems such as power satellites. Life cycle cost benefits in discounted and undiscounted dollars for each vehicle, technology advancement, and the integrated transportation system are calculated. A preliminary functional analysis was made of the operational support requirements for ground based and space based chemical propulsion orbit transfer vehicles. |
| File Size | 12704609 |
| Page Count | 246 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19800017875 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t82k17w1w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation Orbit Transfer Vehicles Launch Vehicles Low Earth Orbits Technological Forecasting Space Commercialization Single Stage To Orbit Vehicles Mission Planning Space Transportation System Solar Power Satellites Life Cycle Costs Chemical Propulsion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
