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Apollo lightcraft project
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Myrabo, Leik N. |
| Editor | Richard, Jacques C. Minucci, Marco A. Atonison, Mark A. Kusche, Karl P. Morales, Ciro Moder, Jeffrey P. Decusatis, Casimer Chen, Sammy G. Nelson, Caroline V. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | The ultimate goal for this NASA/USRA-sponsored Apollo Lightcraft Project is to develop a revolutionary manned launch vehicle technology which can potentially reduce payload transport costs by a factor of 1000 below the Space Shuttle Orbiter. The Rensselaer design team proposes to utilize advanced, highly energetic, beamed-energy sources (laser, microwave) and innovative combined-cycle (airbreathing/rocket) engines to accomplish this goal. The research effort focuses on the concept of a 100 MW-class, laser-boosted Lightcraft Technology Demonstrator (LTD) drone. The preliminary conceptual design of this 1.4 meter diameter microspacecraft involved an analytical performance analysis of the transatmospheric engine in its two modes of operation (including an assessment of propellant and tankage requirements), and a detailed design of internal structure and external aeroshell configuration. The central theme of this advanced propulsion research was to pick a known excellent working fluid (i.e., air or LN sub 2), and then to design a combined-cycle engine concept around it. Also, a structural vibration analysis was performed on the annular shroud pulsejet engine. Finally, the sensor satellite mission was examined to identify the requisite subsystem hardware: e.g., electrical power supply, optics and sensors, communications and attitude control systems. |
| File Size | 9331581 |
| Page Count | 258 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900003339 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3227t69j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Electric Power Supplies Attitude Control Rocket Engines Propulsion System Configurations Spacecraft Propulsion Manned Spacecraft Launch Vehicles Lasers Spacecraft Communication Working Fluids Air Breathing Engines Spacecraft Design Microwaves 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 |
