- 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: | Futron Corporation Analysis Study for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. | ||
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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: | Presented to International Symposium on Space Tourism, Bremen, Germany, March 20-22 1997 |
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| Origin: | NRA 8-27 TA 1.1. June 2000 - January 2001. AS&T Media Control Number: AS&T-P.01-01.FSTS.FRPh1.DOC |
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| Origin: | April 1999 (Adapted from an original paper published in 1996) | ||
| Published: | April 1999 | ||
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| Origin: | Before the U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics | ||
| Published: | 20 June 2001 | ||
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| Origin: | STATEMENT SUBMITTED IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SPACE AND AERONAUTICS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SCIENCE COMMITTEE. This Hearing Is Concerned With The New U.S. Space Transportation "Initiative". 20 June 2001 | ||
| Published: | 20 June 2001 | ||
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| Origin: | in Legal Aspects of Space Commercialization, editor K Tatsuzawa, CSP Japan, pp 13949. | ||
| Published: | 1992 | ||
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| Origin: | ISTS 2002 o-5-1 |
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| Origin: | Proceedings 31st Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, IISL, pp. 296-303 | ||
| Published: | 1989 | ||
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| Origin: | September 2003. Presented at Space 2003, Long Beach, CA | ||
| Published: | September 2003 | ||
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| Origin: | B6.1. Presented at SPS'91 1991 |
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| Origin: | IAF paper no IAA-98-IAA.1.5.06 | ||
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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 Single-Fuel, Mixed-Mode Engine Concept and Utility Assessment
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| Origin: | AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Las Vegas, NV AIAA paper 78-973 | ||
| Published: | July 1978 | ||
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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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Acoustic Loads Generated By The Propulsion System
| Origin: | NASA SP-8072 | ||
| Published: | June 1971 | ||
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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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Aerodynamic Design Considerations in Vertical Landing Rocket Vehicle
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| Origin: | AIAA Paper 2001-1898, AIAA/NAL-NASDA-ISAS 10th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Kyoto, Japan | ||
| Published: | 24-27 April 2001 | ||
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An Advanced Cryogenic Engine Cycle For Commercially Successful Single-Stage-to-Orbit Vehicles
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| Origin: | AIAA-93-2286 | ||
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An introduction to Kistler Aerospace Corporation
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| Origin: | KAC, Kirkland, WA | ||
| Published: | 1996 | ||
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Assessing Re-usable Space vehicles
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| Origin: | Astronautics and Aeronautics. | ||
| Published: | June 1964 | ||
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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) | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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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. | ||
| Published: | 1994 | ||
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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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ESA/ESTEC Study on Advanced Rocket Propulsion Technologies
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| Published: | 1993 | ||
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Economics of space and the role of government
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| Published: | 1988 | ||
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Ergonomics of a Suborbital Rocket Passenger Compartment
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| Origin: | paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Los Angeles. | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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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), | ||
| Published: | 2001 | ||
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Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry
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| Published: | November 2002 | ||
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Hydrogen Aircraft Technology
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| Origin: | 1st ed. CRC Press, pp.138-158 | ||
| Published: | 1991 | ||
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Hydrogen in air transportation - Feasibility study for Zurich Airport, Switzerland
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| Origin: | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol 12, No.8, pp. 571-585 | ||
| Published: | 1987 | ||
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Issues for the Realisation of Airline-Type Rockets
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| Origin: | JRS Academic Affairs Committee, 130 pp. | ||
| Published: | 1998 | ||
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Journal of Practical Applications in Space
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LOX/LH2 Propulsion System for Launch Vehicle Upper Stage
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| Origin: | Ishikawajimaharima Heavy Industry Technical Report No.1, vol.23 | ||
| Published: | 1983 | ||
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Launch Cost as Design Tool - Cost as Principal Vehicle Concept Design and Selection Criteria
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IAF Congress, Graz, Austria, IAA.1.1-93-645 |
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Liquid Rocket Propulsion Applied to Manned Aircraft in Historical Perspective
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| Origin: | AIAA-91-2554, 27th Joint Propulsion Conference | ||
| Published: | June 24-26 1991 | ||
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Liquid propellant transfer and apogee injection systems
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| Origin: | ELDO-Study 16-2 | ||
| Published: | March 1969 | ||
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Passenger seat arrangement for space vehicles
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Journal of Space Technology and Science Vol.9 No.1, 1993, p 7. |
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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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Propellant Acquisition for Single Stage Rocket Technology
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| Origin: | AIAA-93-2283, 29th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit | ||
| Published: | June 1993 | ||
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Proposal for a Study of a Manned Mars Flyby Using Apollo and Saturn
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| Origin: | SID63-1214, Space Information Systems Division. | ||
| Published: | 10 October 1963 | ||
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Rapid Mars Transits with Exhaust-Modulated Plasma Propulsion
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| Origin: | NASA Technical Paper 3539, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston. | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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Regulations for Commercial Space Flight
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| Origin: | JRS Regulatory Committee | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Requirements on Propulsion System Design and Operation for Space Tourist Carrier Vehicles
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| Origin: | 19th
International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 94-g-23p, Yokohama Japan. |
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Rotor Landing Recovery Methods and 1/8 scale subsonic flight tests
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| Origin: | SmartLab Report TR-0056, University of California, CA. | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Space Energy and Transportation
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| Origin: | Space Transportation Association and High Frontier. Previously the
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Space Propulsion Analysis and Design
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| Origin: | McGraw-Hill. | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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Space Transportation Systems: Some International Systems: Some International Legal Considerations
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 24th Colloquium of the IISL, P.120. | ||
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TRANSCOST Statistical-Analytical Model for Cost Estimation and Economic Optimization of Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | MBB-Report No URV-185(91). | ||
| Published: | 1991 | ||
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Test Report of Upgrading of LE-5 Engine (LE-5A)
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| Origin: | Proc. of 16th
International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Sapporo, pp 321-326 |
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The Auxiliary Space Fleet
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| Origin: | Final Frontier 5.2: 54 61. | ||
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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. | ||
| Published: | 1985 | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 4: Historical and political considerations
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Aeronautical Journal, Vol 93, No 923, pp 87-92 |
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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 rocky road to space-launch heaven
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Aerospace America Vol.34 No.11 pp 20-25 |
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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,
AIAA paper No.95-6075 |
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Vehicle and Mission Design Options for the Human Exploration of Mars/Phobos Using 'Bimodal' NTR and LANTR Propulsion
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| Origin: | NASA Technical Memorandum 1998-208834, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland. | ||
| Published: | 1998 | ||
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