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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. 4 …FDL ASSET Flight-Tested From Orbital Speeds to Evaluate 1960s Materials .............................................................................................. 22 Figure 26. Heat Pipe…
  • p. 5 …The initial focus should be on schedulable, dependable access to and from low Earth orbit (LEO…
  • p. 8 …II!! l!IHLY Propulsion Perspective In exiting Earth's atmosphere, the propulsion system and configuration are…
  • p. 17 …The AFFDL's goal for the spacecraft to support the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was no waiting…
  • p. 21 …orbital waiting time was about 14 orbits, provided the return trajectory included an Earth- parking orbit…
  • p. 46 …Likewise, the orbital stations serve as centers for switching payloads between carriers and the required orbit…
  • p. 47 Earth OrMs UNCLASSIFIED//FIHl 8FFHil.t.k Wfili IH.k\f Waste Storage and Processing Orbits…
  • p. 48 …Earth or orbit 4 Operation~ Center/Space Opcrati(ms LEO/MEO Station Coordination/Research 5 Orbital…
  • p. 50 …Earth's gravity and was fabricated primarily from empty Saturn rocket components sent to orbit that…
  • p. 55 …as its cross range is one missed orbit, or 1,555 nautical miles. The down range…
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