NASA launch vehicles - The next twenty yearsFuture space activities call for robust, reliable, cost-effective access to space, together with greater launch capacity. Attention is presently given to prospective developments in the field of cargo launch vehicle design, whose near-term goal for NASA is the Shuttle-C Space Shuttle-development unmanned vehicle. In the longer term, the Advanced Launch System will be developed jointly by NASA and the DOD for LEO placement of payloads of as much as 200,000 lb. NASA is studying ways of developing the current manned Space Shuttle Orbiter through incorporation of emerging technologies; eventually, a 'Shuttle-II' vehicle will be developed.
Document ID
19890030343
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Branscome, Darrell R. (NASA Office of Space Flight Washington, DC, United States)
Reese, Terrence G. (General Research Corp. Aerospace Systems Group, McLean, VA, United States)