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Advanced chemical propulsion (Document No: 20090014110)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Jr., Leslie |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Advanced Chemical Propulsion (ACP) provides near-term incremental improvements in propulsion system performance and/or cost. It is an evolutionary approach to technology development that produces useful products along the way to meet increasingly more demanding mission requirements while focusing on improving payload mass fraction to yield greater science capability. Current activities are focused on two areas: chemical propulsion component, subsystem, and manufacturing technologies that offer measurable system level benefits; and the evaluation of high-energy storable propellants with enhanced performance for in-space application. To prioritize candidate propulsion technology alternatives, a variety of propulsion/mission analyses and trades have been conducted for SMD missions to yield sufficient data for investment planning. They include: the Advanced Chemical Propulsion Assessment; an Advanced Chemical Propulsion System Model; a LOx-LH2 small pumps conceptual design; a space storables propellant study; a spacecraft cryogenic propulsion study; an advanced pressurization and mixture ratio control study; and a pump-fed vs. pressure-fed study. |
| File Size | 8492011 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090014110 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1ng9mm54 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2006-06-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Costs Propulsion System Performance Liquid Oxygen Cryogenics Mission Planning Manufacturing Storable Propellants Liquid Hydrogen Chemical Propulsion Payloads Spacecraft Propulsion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |