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Published: | 1998 |
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Origin: | IAF paper no IAA-98-IAA.1.5.06 |
Abstract: | Since 1993 the Transportation Research Committee of the Japanese Rocket Society The JRS There are many issues to be reconsidered and added for an orbital vehicle operated with rocket propulsion. The takeoff and landing procedure is one of the critical items that is very different from that of aircraft and helicopters in the matter of abort capability. The vehicle design must also take the specific environmental conditions into account, such as orbital temperature, vacuum, meteoroid, space radiation, cryogenic temperature of propellants and aerodynamic heating during reenty, in order to protect passengers and ground safety. The safety standards for the new concept of "spaceworthiness" will play an important role for manufacturers supplying commercial space tour vehicles. This activity of the JRS |
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Keywords: | Vehicles:Designs |