- 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: | AAS paper no. 97-460, AAS vol. 96, pp. 617–630 | ||
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| Origin: | Futron Corporation Analysis Study for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. | ||
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| Origin: | Cities in Space. 1991, ISBN 0-441-10591-2 |
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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: | FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Panel on Certification Standards for New Launch Vehicles | ||
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| Origin: | Presented at 1st STA Conference on Space Tourism, June 1999 |
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| Origin: | Presented to International Symposium on Space Tourism, Bremen, Germany, March 20-22 1997 |
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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: | 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) | ||
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| Origin: | Before the U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics | ||
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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 | ||
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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: | Proceedings of 7th ISCOPS, AAS Vol 96, pp 693-707 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 8th ISCOPS, Xian | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 7th ISCOPS, AAS Vol 96, pp 647-692 | ||
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation | ||
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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 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Space Travel, Space Tours GmbH, in press. | ||
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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: | IAA-01-IAA-1-3-05. Presented at 52nd IAF Congress, Toulouse, France, 1 October 2001 |
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| Origin: | First published in The Space Review, Monday, 28 February 2005 | ||
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| Origin: | in Proceedings of the AIAA/ICAS International Air and Space Symposium, Dayton Ohio. | ||
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| Origin: | Presented to the Institution of Incorporated Engineers, 27 October 1998 | ||
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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: | Presented at the 7th International Space Conference of Pacific Basin Societies (ISCOPS, formerly PISSTA), July 15-18, 1997, Nagasaki, JAPAN. Paper No. AAS 97-421 |
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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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2004 US Commercial Space Transportation Development and Concepts: Vehicles, Technologies, and Spaceports
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| Origin: | FAA | ||
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A Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Spacecab Low-Cost Spaceplane and of the Spacecab Demonstrator
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| Origin: | ESA Contract No. 10411/93/F/TB. | ||
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A Reusable Commercial Space Transport in a World of Expendables: Development, Certification, and Operation
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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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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 | ||
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An Historic Overview of Commercial Space Transportation
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| Origin: | Proceedings of COMSTAC meeting, US Federal Aviation Administration. | ||
| Published: | 31 May 2000 | ||
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Assessing Re-usable Space vehicles
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| Origin: | Astronautics and Aeronautics. | ||
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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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Cost Engineering - The New Paradigm for Launch Vehicle Design
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| Origin: | Paper IAF-97-IAA.1.1.04, IAF-Congress Torino 1997 | ||
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Delta Clipper Program Report: Suborbital Flight and Public Attitudes
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| Origin: | (Rev. ed.), Aerospace Psychology Laboratory technical report, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA. | ||
| Published: | June 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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Guidebook for Analysis of Tether Applications
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| Origin: | Final Report RH4-394049, Energy Sciences Laboratories, San Diego | ||
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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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PLS: a mini-space-liner for people on the go
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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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Requirements and Approach for a Space Tourism Launch System
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation, 2350 E. El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, California 90245-4691, unpublished. | ||
| Published: | October 1997 | ||
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SSTO: a reusable, single-stage-to-orbit-and-return space transportation system
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Space Rotor - A French Concept for a Reusable Recovery System
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| Origin: | SAE Paper Number 670391, Space Technology Conference Proceedings | ||
| Published: | May 9-12 1967 | ||
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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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Spaceports and New Industrialized Areas in the Pacific Basin
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| Origin: | Space Policy, 2, (4), pages 342-354 | ||
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Tether Propulsion
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The Enigma of Booster Recovery--Ballistic or Winged?
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| Origin: | SAE Conference Proceedings: Second Space Technology Conference (Palo Alto, California), pp. 57-71, Society of Automotive Engineers | ||
| Published: | May 1967 | ||
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The Space Shuttle as a Passenger Vehicle
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| Origin: | Preprint AAS 79-317. | ||
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Why the X-Prize?
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| Origin: | Ad Astra, National Space Society | ||
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