- 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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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: | AAS paper no. 97-460, AAS vol. 96, pp. 617–630 | ||
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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: | FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Panel on Certification Standards for New Launch Vehicles | ||
| Published: | April 24 1996 | ||
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| Origin: | Presented at 1st STA Conference on Space Tourism, June 1999 |
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| Origin: | European Business Journal, Vol.1 No.2. February 1989 | ||
| Published: | 1989 | ||
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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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| Published: | February 2007 | ||
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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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| 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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A study of safety standard for space tour vehicle: Structural design requirements
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| Origin: | ISTS 2000-t-12, 22nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Morioka Japan | ||
| Published: | May 2000 | ||
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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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An alternative to Hermes: A solution for the European space industry
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| Published: | 1988 | ||
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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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Space News, Vol 7, No 8, p 4. |
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| Published: | 1996 | ||
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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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Economics of rocket-propelled aeroplanes
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| Origin: | Aeronaut Eng Review. | ||
| Published: | September 1956 | ||
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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 | ||
| Published: | 1987 | ||
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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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Global Satellite Marketplace 99
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| Origin: | New York: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 15. | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Halfway to Anywhere: The New Business Opportunities of Space
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G Stine |
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| Origin: | Evans & Co, New York | ||
| Published: | 1996 | ||
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How reusable space vehicles will open the space frontier
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T Taylor |
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 6th
ISCOPS,
AAS Vol 91,
AAS pp 543-562 |
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| Published: | 1995 | ||
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Lower bounds on launch cost
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| Origin: | International Space Development Conference | ||
| Published: | May 1986 | ||
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Man-into-Orbit Transportation Cost: History and Outlook
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| Origin: | Preprint IAF-89-695 | ||
| Published: | 1989 | ||
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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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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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Tether Propulsion
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Aerospace America, Vol.24, No.7, pp.40-43 |
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| Published: | 1986 | ||
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The Auxiliary Space Fleet
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| Origin: | Final Frontier 5.2: 54 61. | ||
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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 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. | ||
| Published: | 1985 | ||
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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 4: Historical and political considerations
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Aeronautical Journal, Vol 93, No 923, pp 87-92 |
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| Published: | 1988 | ||
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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 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 rocky road to space-launch heaven
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Aerospace America Vol.34 No.11 pp 20-25 |
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| Published: | November 1996 | ||
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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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| Published: | 1993 | ||
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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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| Published: | 1995 | ||
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