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Two-stage reusable launch system utilizing a winged core vehicle and glideback boosters
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Duquette, Miles O. Martin, James A. Wood, James S. Macconochie, Ian O. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | A near-term technology launch system is described in which Space Shuttle main engines are used on a manned orbiter and also on twin strap-on unmanned boosters. The orbiter has a circular body and clipped delta wings. The twin strap-on boosters have a circular body and deployable oblique wings for a glideback recovery. The dry and gross weights of the system, capable of delivering 70klb of cargo to orbit, are compared with a similar system with hydrocarbon-fueled boosters and with the current Shuttle. |
| File Size | 725476 |
| Page Count | 21 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890017507 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2x39pk40 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation Commonality Structural Design Launch Vehicles Rocket Propellants Reusable Spacecraft Space Shuttle Main Engine 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 |
