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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Space Access Where We ve Been And Where We Could Go

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency and dated 8 March 2010, was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It gives a historical and technical review of how to reach space and return. It covers hypersonic gliders, air-breathing and rocket propulsion, thermodynamics and materials, and launch options. It argues that reliable, schedulable access to low Earth orbit is mainly a hardware and propulsion problem rather than a technology one.

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  • p. 5 …Among the many advances in space access that will be possible in the future,' the key…
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  • p. 11 …Louis) Advanced Design organization. The vehicle concept initially conceived in the late 1950s and early 1960s…
  • p. 23 …The photo in Figure 16 is from a Society of Automotive Engineers book titled Advanced Engine…
  • p. 30 …to advance beyond a demonstration tube ended in frustration. Any attempt to open the tube results…
  • p. 32 …Propulsion The photo in Figure 27 is from the Society of Automotive Engineers book, Advanced Engine…
  • p. 38 …These solution areas represent the entire propulsion spectrum, from all-rocket (far right) to advanced air…
  • p. 39 …the launcher can return with payload and fuel residuals onboard), use legacy correlations from McDonnell Advanced…
  • p. 45 …why have we advanced so little (as illustrated in Figure 43)? Like the pioneers' Conestoga wagons…
  • p. 47 …to advance beyond a solitary orbital station with limited capabilities. Figure 44 identifies the elements necessary…
  • p. 56 …6 KOchemann, D., "The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft - A Detailed Introduction to the Current Aerodynamic Knowledge…
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Space Access: Where We've Been ... and Where We Could
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Advanced Aerospace
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AAWSA Program
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