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From Earth to Orbit An Assessment of Transportation Options (1992) / Chapter Skim
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... TABLE ~ Conservative Projection of Traffic Requirements TABLE 2 Current and Proposed U.S. Launch Vehicles TABLE 3 International Launch Systems TABLE 4 Characteristics of U.S.
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... RSRM and the Proposed ASRM Solid Rocket Motors TABLE ~ Comparison of the STME and SSME TABLE 9 Characteristics of Proposed U.S. and International Liquid-Oxygen/Liquid Hydrogen Engines TABLE 10 Characteristics of Proposed International Nitrogen-Tetroxide/Hydrazine-Based .
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  • launch facilities
  • coast launch
  • main engine
  • east coast
  • rocket motors

  • engine shutdown
  • modular plug
  • space transportation
  • hybrid motor
  • permit throttling

  • proposed asrm
  • asrm solid
  • solid fuel
  • transportation main
  • liquid oxidizer

  • west coast
  • oxidizer flow
  • liquid oxygen
  • national launch
  • engines table

  • launch infrastructure
  • launch vehicles
  • international launch
  • plug engine
  • proposed international

  • proposed schedule
  • traffic requirements
  • conservative projection


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