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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. 19 …bulkheads and
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pipes. This approach was tested successfully during…
- p. 24 …The cryogenic propellants were isolated
from the metal wall by a metal foil barrier and sealed…
- p. 28 …saw examples of both aluminum and titanium metal matrix composite (MMC) products.
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Space Access: Where We've
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