| タイトル | Horizontal Launch: A Versatile Concept for Assured Space Access |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120000791 |
| 著者（英） | Voland, Randall T.; Schaffer, Mark; Huebner, Larry; Bartolotta, Paul; Wilhite, Alan W. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Dryden Flight Research Center |
| 発行日 | 2011-12-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The vision of horizontal launch is the capability to provide a mobile launch pad that can use existing aircraft runways, cruise above weather, loiter for mission instructions, and achieve precise placement for orbital intercept, rendezvous, or reconnaissance. Another compelling benefit of horizontal launch is that today s ground-based vertical launch pads are a single earthquake, hurricane, or terrorist attack away from disruption of critical U.S. launch capabilities. The study did not attempt to design a new system concept for horizontal launch, but rather focused on the refinement of many previously-studied horizontal launch concepts. Because of the large number of past horizontal launch studies, a process was developed to narrow the number of concepts through prescreening, screening, and evaluation of point designs. The refinement process was not intended to select the "best" concept, but rather to establish the feasibility of horizontal launch from a balanced assessment of figures of merit and to identify potential concepts that warrant further exploration. |
| NASA分類 | Launch Vehicles and Launch Operations |
| レポートNO | NASA/SP-2011-215994
DFRC-E-DAA-TN4418 |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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