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PAPERBACK list:$19.00 Web:$17.10 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $15.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Evaluation of the National Aerospace Initiative Space Studies Board Annual Report 2003 Other Related Titles From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options (1992) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 9   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations AFB Air Force Base AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ASRM Advanced Solid Rocket Motor ATP Alternate Turbopump Development Program C3 command, communications, and control DC-X one-third scale model of the DC-Y DC-Y McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper DoD Department of Defense ELV expendable launch vehicle ESA European Space Agency F-1 U.S. liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine used on the Saturn V launch vehicle during the Apollo program F-1A upgraded F-1 engine GEO Geosynchronous Earth orbit GN&C guidance, navigation, and control HTPB hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, a solid rocket propellant binder in inches Isp specific impulse, in seconds ITL integration, transfer, and launch J-2 upper stage U.S. liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine used on the Saturn Launch vehicle during the Apollo Program lb pound LEO Low-Earth orbit LCC Launch Control Center NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASP National Aero-Space Plane NLS National Launch System NLS-1 135,000-pound payload class launch vehicle Page 9 Front Matter (R1-R10) List of Figures and Tables (1-2) Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations (3-8) Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations (9-10) 1 Introduction (11-14) 2 A Path to a Desirable National Space Launch System (15-21) 3 Projected Launch Requirements (22-25) 4 Launch Vehicle Options (26-39) 5 Propulsion Capabilities for Earth-to-Orbit Launch Vehicle (40-61) 6 Technology Development (62-71) Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (72-76) Appendix A An Approach to Space Infrastructure (77-83) Appendix B List of Participants (84-87) Appendix C Bibliography (88-92)

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From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations AFB Air Force Base AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ASRM Advanced Solid Rocket Motor ATP Alternate Turbopump Development Program C3 command, communications, and control DC-X one-third scale model of the DC-Y DC-Y McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper DoD Department of Defense ELV expendable launch vehicle ESA European Space Agency F-1 U.S. liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine used on the Saturn V launch vehicle during the Apollo program F-1A upgraded F-1 engine GEO Geosynchronous Earth orbit GN&C guidance, navigation, and control HTPB hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, a solid rocket propellant binder in inches Isp specific impulse, in seconds ITL integration, transfer, and launch J-2 upper stage U.S. liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen engine used on the Saturn Launch vehicle during the Apollo Program lb pound LEO Low-Earth orbit LCC Launch Control Center NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASP National Aero-Space Plane NLS National Launch System NLS-1 135,000-pound payload class launch vehicle

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From Earth to Orbit: An Assessment of Transportation Options NLS-2 50,000-pound payload class launch vehicle NLS-3 20,000-pound payload class launch vehicle n. mi nautical miles NRC National Research Council Pc chamber pressure PBAN polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile, a solid rock propellant binder psia pounds per square inch absolute RD-170 Soviet liquid-oxygen/hydrocarbon engine RSRM Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor s seconds SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Office SEI Space Exploration Initiative SL sea level SSF Space Station Freedom SRM Solid Rocket Motor SSME Space Shuttle Main Engine SSRT Single-Stage Rocket Technology Program SSTO Single-stage-to-orbit STME Space Transportation Main Engine vac engine performance in space vacuum X-30 Experimental NASP vehicle

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