Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program

by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Reusable Launch Vehicle Tec, National Research Council, et al.

The key to opening the use of space to private enterprise and to broader public uses lies in reducing the cost of the transportation to space. More routine, affordable access to space will entail aircraft-like quick turnaround and reliable operations. Currently, the space Shuttle is the only reusable launch vehicle, and even parts of it are expendable while other parts require frequent and extensive refurbishment. NASA's highest priority new activity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309054370
• ISBN13: 9780309054379
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"