- 29 July 2012
- Added "Space Debris and Its Mitigation
" to the archive.
- 16 July 2012
- Space Future has been on something of a hiatus of late. With the concept of Space Tourism steadily increasing in acceptance, and the advances of commercial space, much of our purpose could be said to be achieved. But this industry is still nascent, and there's much to do. So...watch this space.
- 9 December 2010
- Updated "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 7 December 2008
- "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 30 November 2008
- Added Lynx
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- What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- Space Tourism Market Demand and the Transportation Infrastructure
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Papers & Publications
Bibliographic Index and Reference Database
This is the categorised bibliographic index.
- To read a paper in the archive select its title from the list of entries below.
- Choose Full Entry to view full details and a list of associated terms, references and back-references.
- Use the topic categories to navigate and view documents in parent and sub-categories.
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| Origin: | IAF Congress paper No. IAA-99-IAA.1.3.03; also at www.spacefuture.com/ archive/collaboration_with_aviation_the_key_to_commercialisation_of_space_activities.shtml | ||
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| Origin: | European Business Journal, Vol.1 No.2. February 1989 | ||
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| Origin: | AIAA 2003-0909. January 2003 (Revised April 2003) |
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| Origin: | April 1999 (Adapted from an original paper published in 1996) | ||
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| Origin: | paper AAS 91-643, Proceedings of 4th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies, AAS Vol 77, pp 329-351; also at www.spacefuture.com/archive/ history_of_the_phoenix_vtol_ssto_and_recent_developments_in_single_stage_launch_systems.shtml | ||
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| Origin: | Symposium on Impact of Space Technology on Economic Development | ||
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| Origin: | in Legal Aspects of Space Commercialization, editor K Tatsuzawa, CSP Japan, pp 13949. | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings 31st Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, IISL, pp. 296-303 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of International Symposium on Space Law, 49th IAF Congress. | ||
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| Origin: | September 2003. Presented at Space 2003, Long Beach, CA | ||
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| Origin: | The Aeronautical Journal, February 2007. Paper No. 3102. Manuscript received 31 May 2006, revised 24 October 2006 accepted 29 January 2007. This is the latest in a series of invited survey papers focusing on a specific aspect of the aerospace industry. |
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| Origin: | IAA Rio Conference, Fall 2000 |
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| Origin: | ISDC 2004, 23rd Annual International Space Development Conference
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| Origin: | IAF paper no IAA-98-IAA.1.5.06 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 6th IS COPS, AAS in press. | ||
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| Origin: | First published in The Space Review, Monday, 28 February 2005 | ||
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| Origin: | ISTS 94-n-26. The National Institute for Defense Studies 2-1, Nakameguro 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153 JAPAN |
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| Origin: | Proc. 29th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, IISL, pp. 161-170; also at www.spacefuture.com/archive/ towards_traffic_control_systems_for_near_earth_space.shtml | ||
| Published: | 1986 | ||
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| Origin: | Originally published in the Journal of Space Technology and Science, Vol.10 No.2 '94 autumn, pp.22-34. Revision of ISTS 94-g-22p presented at the l9th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS Yokohama), May 15-24, 1994. |
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A Guide to airport engineering
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| Origin: | KUKO GAIRON (in Japanese), Koku News Sha 1993. | ||
| Published: | 1993 | ||
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A Lunar Exploration Program Based Upon Saturn-Boosted Systems
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| Origin: | Report No. DV-TR-2-60, Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), Redstone Arsenal. | ||
| Published: | February 1960 | ||
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A Multi Vehicle Space Carrier Fleet Cost Model for a Multi Mission Scenario
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| Origin: | ILR Mitteilung 240. Berlin: TU Berlin | ||
| Published: | 1990 | ||
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A Reusable Commercial Space Transport in a World of Expendables: Development, Certification, and Operation
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A Single-Stage Vertical Take-off and Landing Space Transport for Lunar Settlement Establishment and Resupply
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 2nd Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century Conference, AIAA. | ||
| Published: | 1985 | ||
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A Vertical Empire - The History of the UK Rocket and Space Programme, 1950-1971
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| Origin: | Imperial College Press. | ||
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Administrator's Strategic Outlook
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| Origin: | http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office.nsp/outlook.htm (28 February 1999). | ||
| Published: | 30 October 1997 | ||
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Advanced technology of Hydrogen Energy
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| Origin: | (in Japanese), NTS | ||
| Published: | January 1995 | ||
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An alternative to Hermes: A solution for the European space industry
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Assessing Re-usable Space vehicles
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| Origin: | Astronautics and Aeronautics. | ||
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Bills Would Bait Investors
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Century's end essays on aviation
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| Origin: | Japan Aerospace Technology Society (in Japanese) | ||
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Considerations on Vehicle Design Criteria for Space Tourism
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| Origin: | Proc. 45th IAF Congress, paper no IAF-94-V.3.535. | ||
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Economics of rocket-propelled aeroplanes
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| Origin: | Aeronaut Eng Review. | ||
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Economics of space and the role of government
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Economics on the space frontier: can we afford it?
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| Origin: | Space Studies Institute Update 13 No 3 pp 1-10 | ||
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Ergonomics of an Orbital Rocket Passenger Compartment
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| Origin: | paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Kona, Hawaii, April. | ||
| Published: | April 1994 | ||
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Evaluation of Funding for UK Civil Space Activity
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| Origin: | DTI Assessment Paper No 42, (URN 01/1032), | ||
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Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry
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Global Satellite Marketplace 99
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| Origin: | New York: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 15. | ||
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Halfway to Anywhere: The New Business Opportunities of Space
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| Origin: | Evans & Co, New York | ||
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Hazard Analysis of Commercial Space Transportation
| Origin: | Vol.11: Space Transportation Hazards, OCST (DOT Office of Commercial Space Transportation) Report | ||
| Published: | January 1988 | ||
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Horses for Courses - Spaceport Types
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| Origin: | in Proceedings of International Space Development Conference, ISDC 2005, Washington DC. | ||
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How reusable space vehicles will open the space frontier
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Journal of Practical Applications in Space
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Launch Cost as Design Tool - Cost as Principal Vehicle Concept Design and Selection Criteria
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Legal Framework for Commercial Space Transportation
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| Origin: | Japanese Rocket Society (in Japanese). | ||
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Lost in Space before the Race
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| Origin: | Wired News | ||
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Lower bounds on launch cost
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| Origin: | International Space Development Conference | ||
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Man-into-Orbit Transportation Cost: History and Outlook
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| Origin: | Preprint IAF-89-695 | ||
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Money-saving move on fuel tanks
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| Origin: | Nature, 324, page 503 | ||
| Published: | 1988 | ||
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ORYOL-FESTIP Cooperation: Comparison of Concepts and First Conclusions
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| Origin: | Paper No.AIAA 89-1544, 8th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technology Conference, Norfolk | ||
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Opening Space
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| Origin: | Lecture at JRS 40th Anniversary Meeting, Rocket News,
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Operational Lessons of the DC-X Propulsion System Operations
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| Origin: | AIAA-95-2951, 31st
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Orbital operation of co-orbiting spacecraft with space station
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| Origin: | IAF paper no IAF-84-42 | ||
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Out of This World! Towards Space Traffic Control Systems
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| Origin: | Traffic Technology International, Feb/March Issue, pp 56-60. | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Passenger seat arrangement for space vehicles
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Performance and Cost Analysis for an SSTO+OTV Heavy Cargo Transportation System to GEO
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| Origin: | Paper IAF-78A-27, IAF Congres Dubrovnik | ||
| Published: | October 1978 | ||
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Phoenix: A Commercial, Reusable Single-Stage-to-Orbit Launch Vehicle
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| Origin: | Pacific American Launch Systems Inc. | ||
| Published: | 1985 | ||
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Potential Benefits of British Investment in Commercial Passenger Space Transportation
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| Origin: | Memorandum to Deputy Director-General of the BNSC, May 1999, Appendix to Trade and Industry Committee Tenth Report, | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Prelude to Space Travel
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| Origin: | Included in "Across the Space Frontier" edited by Cornelius Ryan. Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, London | ||
| Published: | 1952 | ||
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Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor Rocket Fighter
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| Origin: | Air Force Legends Number 210. | ||
| Published: | 2000 | ||
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Review of Pacific American Launch System SSX:Phoenix VTOL Concept
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation, internal technical report (Revised 15 August 1989) | ||
| Published: | 19 July 1989 | ||
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Sanger II: An Advanced Launcher System for Europe
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| Origin: | IAF-87-207, presented at the 38th Congress of the IAF, Brighton, UK; Acta Astronautica, Vol 19, No 1, pp 63-72. | ||
| Published: | October 1987 | ||
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Science with a Vengance: How the Military Created the US Space Sciences After World War II
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| Origin: | Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 10. | ||
| Published: | 1992 | ||
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Spaceports and New Industrialized Areas in the Pacific Basin
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| Origin: | Space Policy, 2, (4), pages 342-354 | ||
| Published: | 1986 | ||
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Status of the hydro-hydrogen pilot project (EQHHPP)
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| Origin: | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.16, Iss 2, pp. 169-174. | ||
| Published: | Feb.1994 | ||
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SÄNGER Space Transportation System: Progress Report 1990
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| Origin: | 41st IAF Congress Dresden, Preprint No. IAF-90-175 | ||
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TRANSCOST 6.1 - Statistical Analytical Model for Cost Estimation and Economical Optimization of Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | Report TCS-TR-140A(97) | ||
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The Auxiliary Space Fleet
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| Origin: | Final Frontier 5.2: 54 61. | ||
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The Cost Impacts of True Spaceships
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| Origin: | Journal of Practical Applications in Space, Vol.1, No.4, High Frontier, Inc., 2800 Shirlington Road, Suite 405A, Arlington, VA 22206. | ||
| Published: | 1990 | ||
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The Economic Impact of Commercial Space Transportation on the U.S. Economy: 2002 Results and Outlook for 2010
| Origin: | FAA, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation. | ||
| Published: | 2003 | ||
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The Heavens and the Earth: a Political History of the Space Age
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| Origin: | pp.318-320, Basic Books, Inc. | ||
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The Potential of Spaceplanes
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| Origin: | JPAS, Vol 6, No 3, pp 213-265 | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 2: A design concept for a minimum-cost aerospace transporter
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| Origin: | Journal of the Royal Aeronauocal Society, Vol. 93, No 922 | ||
| Published: | 1989 | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 4: Historical and political considerations
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The Road from Delta Clipper Experimental to Operational SSTO
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The Rocket-Propelled Commercial Airliner
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| Origin: | University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, Research Report No 135. | ||
| Published: | November 1956 | ||
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The SSX Single-Stage Experimental Rocket
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| Origin: | Space Systems Productivity and Manufacturing Conference-V, pp. 245-266, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California | ||
| Published: | 1989 | ||
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The Space Shuttle as a Passenger Vehicle
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| Origin: | Preprint AAS 79-317. | ||
| Published: | 1979 | ||
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The US Government Civil Space Programme: It Must be Changed Fundamentally and Soon
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| Origin: | Space Policy May 1992, Pages 103-108. | ||
| Published: | May 1992 | ||
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The economic and technical benefits of the assist-stage concept for space launch
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 32nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA 96-2773 | ||
| Published: | 1996 | ||
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The issue is cost
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| Origin: | Space Studies Institute Update, Vol.13, No.2, pp.1-5. | ||
| Published: | 1988 | ||
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The reusable booster paradox - aircraft technology or operations?
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| Origin: | Spaceflight, Vol.9, 379-87 | ||
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The rocky road to space-launch heaven
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Towards a New Public-Private Space Transportation Strategy
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JPAS, Vol 5, No 1, pp 1-41 |
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Towards the new era of space transportation
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International Aerospaceplanes Conference,
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Trident, the Saga of the Unbeatable French Rocket Fighter
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| Origin: | HPM Publications. | ||
| Published: | 2001 | ||
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