- 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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- 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
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Papers & Publications
Bibliographic Index and Reference Database
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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: | Final Report, 1994 | ||
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| Origin: | Presented at 1st STA Conference on Space Tourism, June 1999 |
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| Origin: | Journal of Space Technology and Science, Vol 10, No 2, pp 35-44. |
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| Origin: | Presented to International Symposium on Space Tourism, Bremen, Germany, March 20-22 1997 |
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| Origin: | Asteroid Enterprises Pty Ltd | ||
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| Origin: | European Business Journal, Vol.1 No.2. February 1989 | ||
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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 | ||
| Published: | May 24-31, 1998 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Space Travel, Space Tours GmbH, in press. | ||
| Published: | April 21-23 1999 | ||
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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: | Proceedings of 6th
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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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1997 Outlook: State of the Space Industry
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| Origin: | KPMG Peat Marwick, SpaceVest, Space Publications, and Center for Wireless Telecommunications, 9. | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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2004 US Commercial Space Transportation Development and Concepts: Vehicles, Technologies, and Spaceports
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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 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. | ||
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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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Assessing Re-usable Space vehicles
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| Origin: | Astronautics and Aeronautics. | ||
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Billionaire Shops for Space Tourism Vehicle
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Boost Glide Vehicles for Long Range Transport
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| Origin: | Jl R. Aeronaut. Soc. 69, 448-458 | ||
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Can a Small Start-Up Build America's Next Spaceship?
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| Origin: | Popular Science, Vol 267, No 4, pp 44-48, 94-96. | ||
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Cash-starved RLV firms remain grounded
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| Origin: | Aviation Week & Space Technology | ||
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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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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 Considerations for an Amateur Solar Sail Spacecraft
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Designing for Routine Space Access
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Efficient turn-around for airline operation of reusable rockets
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| Origin: | Proceedings of
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Free Flight: The Future of Air Transportation Entering the Twenty-First Century
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| Origin: | Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol 62, pp 871-914. | ||
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From Earth to Orbit
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| Origin: | National Academy Press, pp 20. | ||
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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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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. | ||
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Industry, ESA Air Grievances During Space Days Meeting
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| Origin: | Space News, Vol 17, No 23, p 4. | ||
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JRS Rocket Symposium Series
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| Origin: | JRS in press (in Japanese). | ||
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Japanese outline spaceplane program at International forum
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| Origin: | Aviation Week and Space Technology, 129, (15), pages 38-41 | ||
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Lockheed NF-104 Aerospace Trainer
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| Origin: | Air Force Legends Number 204. | ||
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Making Use of Airline Infrastructure for Space Tourism
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| Origin: | JRS Space Tourism Forum (in Japanese) | ||
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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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Optimum low-thrust multiple rendezvous
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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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Orbital and Sub-Orbital Passenger Transport: The Key to the Commercialisation of Space
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Phoenix: A Commercial, Reusable Single-Stage-to-Orbit Launch Vehicle
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Potential Benefits of British Investment in Commercial Passenger Space Transportation
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| 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 | ||
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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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Regulations for Commercial Space Flight
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| Origin: | JRS Regulatory Committee | ||
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Requirements on Propulsion System Design and Operation for Space Tourist Carrier Vehicles
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SDI organization plans 1994 test flight of single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft
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| Origin: | Aviation Week and Space Technology, Vol.133, No.19, pp.26-27. |
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SSTO Propulsion Design
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SSTO: a reusable, single-stage-to-orbit-and-return space transportation system
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Safety Considerations of Vertically Landing Passenger Carrier Space Vehicle
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| Origin: | JRS Transportation Committee (in Japanese) | ||
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Space Logistics - A Solution
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| Published: | 24 February 1987 | ||
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Space Shuttle Ascent Abort
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Space Tourism Optimized Reusable Spaceplane Design
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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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The Collision Hazard in Space
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| Origin: | Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp.191-212 | ||
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The Potential of Spaceplanes
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| Origin: | JPAS, Vol 6, No 3, pp 213-265 | ||
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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 Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 3: Applications of aerospace transporters
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The Requirement of Rocket Engines for Space Tour Vehicles
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| Origin: | ISTS2000-t-14, 22nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Morioka Japan | ||
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The SSX - A True Spaceship
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| Origin: | Journal of Practical Applications in Space, Vol. IV, No.4, pp.23-46 | ||
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The Space Shuttle as a Passenger Vehicle
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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 | ||
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USAF Set to Fly 'Mini-Spaceplane'
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Unorthodox new DC-X rocket ready for first tests
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X Prize idea gathers interest: NASA applauds private efforts
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