Status of NASA's Earth-to-Orbit Propulsion Technology programEarth-to-Orbit Propulsion Technology program is considered. The program's three major technical areas include combustion devices, turbomachinery, and controls and monitoring. Directed toward reducing acquisition and operations risk and cost the ETO program is conducted in two serially-performed categories: technology acquisition and technology validation. The former is constituted of studies, tool building, and bench-scale experimentation. The latter involves next-step verification of the acquisition results and findings, usually leading to a test-bed validated technology 'product'.
Document ID
19920030530
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Escher, W. J. D. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Moses, J. L. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Gorland, S. H. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Stephenson, F. W. (W.J. Schafer Associates, Inc. Chelmsford, MA, United States)