Post-Challenger Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Rates and Utilization (1986) / Chapter Skim
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The present study is in response to a Congressional request in the aftermath of the Challenger accident, for an assessment of possible space shuttle flight rates and their implications in respect to payloads and the need for expendable launch vehicles. Approach of the Study Panel The ad hoc panel met on July 21-22 and August 11-12, 1986, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
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Subjects covered in greater depth in the appendixes include shuttle launch rates, launch utilization, logistics considerations, cost trade-offs, and the national commitment to a sustained manned spaceflight program. The report builds upon the 1983 report of the Committee on NASA Scientific and Technological Program Reviews, the Assessment of Constraints on Space Shuttle Launch Rates, which analyzed the individual components determining flight rates.
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