- 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
to the Vehicle Designs page.
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KEY DOCUMENTS
Here are some key documents from the archive to get you started:
- 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
- General Public Space Travel and Tourism
- Artificial Gravity and the Architecture of Orbital Habitats
- Prospects of Space Tourism
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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 | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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| Origin: | Final Report, 1994 | ||
| Published: | May 1994 | ||
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| Origin: | FAA | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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| Origin: | AIAA 2003-0909. January 2003 (Revised April 2003) |
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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 | ||
| Published: | 1991 | ||
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| Origin: | September 2003. Presented at Space 2003, Long Beach, CA | ||
| Published: | September 2003 | ||
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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: | Proceedings of 7th ISCOPS, AAS Vol 96, pp 693-707 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 8th ISCOPS, Xian | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 7th ISCOPS, AAS Vol 96, pp 647-692 | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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| Origin: | Invited Paper 98-o-1-O1V. 21st International Symposium On Space Technology and Science, May 24-31, 1998,Sonic City, Omiya, Japan. Re-usable Space Transportation System Session | ||
| Published: | May 24-31, 1998 | ||
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| Origin: | ISDC 2004, 23rd Annual International Space Development Conference
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 6th
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2004 US Commercial Space Transportation Development and Concepts: Vehicles, Technologies, and Spaceports
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| Origin: | FAA | ||
| Published: | January 2004 | ||
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A Reusable Commercial Space Transport in a World of Expendables: Development, Certification, and Operation
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| Origin: | preprint | ||
| Published: | May 1989 | ||
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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. | ||
| Published: | 2001 | ||
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An Integrated Systems Study for a Reusable One-Stage Orbital Space Truck (ROOST)
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| Origin: | Douglas Report SM-42597, Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. | ||
| Published: | December 1962 | ||
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Assessing Re-usable Space vehicles
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| Origin: | Astronautics and Aeronautics. | ||
| Published: | June 1964 | ||
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Century's end essays on aviation
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| Origin: | Japan Aerospace Technology Society (in Japanese) | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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Consideration of Centre Line Different Thrust Configuration for Sub-Orbital Spaceplane Design
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| Origin: | accepted for oral presentation at National Conference on Aerospace Technology of the XXI Century (Aerotech II) organised by University Putra Malaysia and University Science Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. | ||
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Design Guide: The Influence of Zero-G and Acceleration on the Human Factors of Spacecraft Design
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| Origin: | NASA Johnson Space Center | ||
| Published: | August 1978 | ||
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Design objectives for tomorrow's big boosters
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| Origin: | AAS Ninth Annual Meeting, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 13, pp. 20-44, American Astronautical Society | ||
| Published: | 1963 | ||
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Efficient turn-around for airline operation of reusable rockets
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| Origin: | Proceedings of
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| Published: | 1995 | ||
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Highly Reusable Space Transportation: Advanced Concepts and the Opening of the Space Frontier
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| Origin: | Proceedings of SPS 97: Energy and Space for Humanity, Paper no S7088. | ||
| Published: | August 1997 | ||
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Making Use of Airline Infrastructure for Space Tourism
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| Origin: | JRS Space Tourism Forum (in Japanese) | ||
| Published: | 2002 | ||
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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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| Published: | July 1995 | ||
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Optimum low-thrust multiple rendezvous
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| Origin: | ISAS Report 551, ISAS |
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| Published: | 1977 | ||
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Orbital Operation of Co-orbiting Spacecraft with Space Station
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| Origin: | IAF paper no IAF-84-42 | ||
| Published: | 1984 | ||
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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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Safety Considerations of Vertically Landing Passenger Carrier Space Vehicle
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| Origin: | JRS Transportation Committee (in Japanese) | ||
| Published: | 2001 | ||
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Space Logistics - A Solution
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| Origin: | internal briefing | ||
| Published: | 24 February 1987 | ||
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Space Shuttle Ascent Abort
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| Origin: | SAM Technical Series 892269 | ||
| Published: | September 1989 | ||
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The Collision Hazard in Space
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| Origin: | Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp.191-212 | ||
| Published: | 1982 | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 1: The derivation of a first order parametric method for estimating the development cost of aerospace transporters
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| Origin: | Parts 1 - 4, Aeronautical Journal, Vol 93, Nos 921-923. | ||
| Published: | Jan/Feb/March 1989 | ||
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The World's Highest Rollercoaster: We Road Test NASA's Zero-Gravity Learjet
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| Origin: | Final Frontier, v. 1, n. 4, p. 23 | ||
| Published: | 1988 | ||
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