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Nasa glenn research center's hypersonic propulsion program
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Palac, Donald T. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), as NASA's lead center for aeropropulsion, is responding to the challenge of reducing the cost of space transportation through the integration of air-breathing propulsion into launch vehicles. Air- breathing launch vehicle (ABLV) propulsion requires a marked departure from traditional propulsion applications. and stretches the technology of both rocket and air-breathing propulsion. In addition, the demands of the space launch mission require an unprecedented level of integration of propulsion and vehicle systems. GRC is responding with a program with rocket-based combined cycle (RBCC) propulsion technology as its main focus. RBCC offers the potential for simplicity, robustness, and performance that may enable low-cost single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) transportation. Other technologies, notably turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) propulsion, offer benefits such as increased robustness and greater mission flexibility, and are being advanced, at a slower pace, as part of GRC's program in hypersonics. |
| File Size | 491311 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990053005 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9770dw8b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Propulsion And Power Robustness Mathematics Cycles Transportation Cost Reduction Single Stage To Orbit Vehicles Aircraft Engines Spacecraft Launching Flexibility Hypersonics Space Transportation Launch Vehicles Low Cost Propulsion Air Breathing Engines Air Breathing Boosters Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
