- 29 July 2012
- Added "Space Debris and Its Mitigation
" to the archive.
- 16 July 2012
- Space Future has been on something of a hiatus of late. With the concept of Space Tourism steadily increasing in acceptance, and the advances of commercial space, much of our purpose could be said to be achieved. But this industry is still nascent, and there's much to do. So...watch this space.
- 9 December 2010
- Updated "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 7 December 2008
- "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 30 November 2008
- Added Lynx
to the Vehicle Designs page.
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KEY DOCUMENTS
Here are some key documents from the archive to get you started:
- What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- Space Tourism Market Demand and the Transportation Infrastructure
- General Public Space Travel and Tourism
- Artificial Gravity and the Architecture of Orbital Habitats
- Prospects of Space Tourism
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Papers & Publications
Bibliographic Index and Reference Database
This is the categorised bibliographic index.
- To read a paper in the archive select its title from the list of entries below.
- Choose Full Entry to view full details and a list of associated terms, references and back-references.
- Use the topic categories to navigate and view documents in parent and sub-categories.
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| Origin: | IAA-98-IAA.1.5.07 | ||
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| Origin: | April 1999 (Adapted from an original paper published in 1996) | ||
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| Origin: | B6.1. Presented at SPS'91 1991 |
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation | ||
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| Origin: | IAA-01-IAA-1-3-05. Presented at 52nd IAF Congress, Toulouse, France, 1 October 2001 |
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An Analytical Investigation of the Aerodynamic and Performance Characteristics on an Unpowered Rotor Entry Vehicle
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| Origin: | NASA Tn D-4537 | ||
| Published: | April 1968 | ||
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Cost Engineering - The New Paradigm for Launch Vehicle Design
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| Origin: | Paper IAF-97-IAA.1.1.04, IAF-Congress Torino 1997 | ||
| Published: | October 1997 | ||
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Design Difference between Reliability of Rocket and Safety of Aircraft
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| Origin: | ISTS 2000-t-11, 22nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Morioka Japan | ||
| Published: | May 2000 | ||
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Development organization and safety design environment of space transport system
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| Origin: | in Perspectives of Advanced-Technology Society, RCAST, pp 132-3. | ||
| Published: | 1992 | ||
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Flight Testing the Parachute System for the Space Station Crew Return Vehicle
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| Origin: | AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 38, No. 5. | ||
| Published: | September 2001 | ||
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Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
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| Origin: | Dover, New York | ||
| Published: | 1971 | ||
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Guidance and Control for FlatCircular Parachutes
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| Origin: | AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 38, No. 5. | ||
| Published: | September 2001 | ||
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Handbook of Cost Engineering for Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | with TRANSCOST-Model 7.0, 224 pages, Report TCS-TR-168(2000), TCS-TransCostSystems | ||
| Published: | 2000 | ||
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Highly Reusable Space Transportation: Advanced Concepts and the Opening of the Space Frontier
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| Origin: | Proceedings of SPS 97: Energy and Space for Humanity, Paper no S7088. | ||
| Published: | August 1997 | ||
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Investigation on Most Suitable Arrangement of Booster and Sustainer Engines for VTOL Type SSTO Vehicle
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| Origin: | Proc. of the 38th Space Sciences and Technology Conference | ||
| Published: | 1994 | ||
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Launch Cost as Design Tool - Cost as Principal Vehicle Concept Design and Selection Criteria
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| Origin: | 44th
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| Published: | October 1993 | ||
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Operational Design Factors for NASP-Derived Vehicles
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| Origin: | Orlando, Florida, AIAA-01-5081, Third Int. Aerospaceplane Conf. | ||
| Published: | 3-5 December 1991 | ||
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Parachute Recovery Systems Design Manual
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| Origin: | Para Publishing, Santa Barbara, CA. | ||
| Published: | 1992 | ||
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Performance and Cost Analysis for an SSTO+OTV Heavy Cargo Transportation System to GEO
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| Origin: | Paper IAF-78A-27, IAF Congres Dubrovnik | ||
| Published: | October 1978 | ||
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Reliability and Space Transportation
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| Origin: | Space News, Vol 10, No 30, p 15. | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Reliable Low Cost Space Transportation: Impossible or Intolerable?
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Requirements and Approach for a Space Tourism Launch System
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation, 2350 E. El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, California 90245-4691, unpublished. | ||
| Published: | October 1997 | ||
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Requirements for Space Tourism Launch Vehicles
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| Origin: | IAA-97-IAA.1.2.05, 48th International Astronautical Congress, Turin Italy. | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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Rockets and Missiles
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| Origin: | Publisher - The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd; ISBN - 600 00127X | ||
| Published: | 1970 | ||
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SSTO vs. TSTO Design Considerations
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| Origin: | in Proc. Space Technology and Applications Int. Forum, 1st Conference on Next Generation Launch Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico Conf # 960109 M. S. El-Genk, ed., American Institute of Physics, New York, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 361, p. 551 | ||
| Published: | 1996 | ||
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Safety Equipment Design Consideration for Passenger Space Vehicles
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| Origin: | ISTS 2000-t-13, 22nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Morioka Japan | ||
| Published: | May 2000 | ||
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Single Stage Rocket Concept Selection and Design
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| Origin: | AIAA-92-1383, AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference | ||
| Published: | March 1992 | ||
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Space Tourism Optimized Reusable Spaceplane Design
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| Origin: | Proceedings of STAIF-97 Conference. | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control
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| Origin: | D. Reidel, Dordrecht | ||
| Published: | 1978 | ||
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Spaceship Design and Its Evaluation
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| Origin: | Japanese Rocket Society (in Japanese). | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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Systems Concepts for STS-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Study
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| Origin: | Boeing Aerospace Company, Report No. D180-20505-2 | ||
| Published: | February 1977 | ||
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TRANSCOST 6.1 - Statistical Analytical Model for Cost Estimation and Economical Optimization of Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | Report TCS-TR-140A(97) | ||
| Published: | February 1997 | ||
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TRANSCOST Statistical-Analytical Model for Cost Estimation and Economic Optimization of Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | MBB-Report No URV-185(91). | ||
| Published: | 1991 | ||
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TRANSCOST-Model for cost-engineering of space transportation systems
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| Origin: | TCS-Report TR-140(95) | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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The Aeroplane Approach to Launch Vehicle Design
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| Origin: | JBIS April 1984. Presented at the 18th European Space Symposium, London |
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The Enigma of Booster Recovery--Ballistic or Winged?
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| Origin: | SAE Conference Proceedings: Second Space Technology Conference (Palo Alto, California), pp. 57-71, Society of Automotive Engineers | ||
| Published: | May 1967 | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 1: The derivation of a first order parametric method for estimating the development cost of aerospace transporters
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| Origin: | Parts 1 - 4, Aeronautical Journal, Vol 93, Nos 921-923. | ||
| Published: | Jan/Feb/March 1989 | ||
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The economic and technical benefits of the assist-stage concept for space launch
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 32nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA 96-2773 | ||
| Published: | 1996 | ||
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Theoretische Untersuchungen zum intakten Wiedereintritt von Radionuklidgeneratoren
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| Origin: | Bericht FM-388 (MBB). | ||
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Theorie und Technik der Raumfahrzeuge
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| Origin: | Verlag Berliner Union | ||
| Published: | 1964 | ||
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Towards the Realisation of Low-Cost Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | SPS 2000 News, ISAS, No16, pp 8-9. | ||
| Published: | 1998 | ||
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Why SSTO rocket launch vehicles are now feasible and practical
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| Origin: | NASA Headquarters | ||
| Published: | January 1994 | ||
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