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タイトルFeasibility of an earth-to-space rail launcher system
著者(英)Kerslake, W. R.; Rice, E. E.; Marshall, R. A.; Miller, L. A.
著者所属(英)NASA Lewis Research Center; Australian National Univ.; Battelle Columbus Labs.
発行日1982-09-01
言語eng
内容記述The feasibility of earth-to-space electromagnetic (railgun) launchers (ESRL) is considered, in order to determine their technical practicality and economic viability. The potential applications of the launcher include nuclear waste disposal into space, deep space probe launches, and atmospheric research. Examples of performance requirements of the ESRL system are a maximum acceleration of 10,000 g's for nuclear waste disposal in space (NWDS) missions and 2,500 g's for earth orbital missions, a 20 km/sec launch velocity for NWDS missions, and a launch azimuth of 90 degrees E. A brief configuration description is given, and test results indicate that for the 2020-2050 time period, as much as 3.0 MT per day of bulk material could be launched, and about 0.5 MT per day of high-level nuclear waste could be launched. For earth orbital missions, a significant projectile mass was approximately 6.5 MT, and an integral distributed energy store launch system demonstrated a good potential performance. ESRL prove to be economically and environmentally feasible, but an operational ESRL of the proposed size is not considered achievable before the year 2020.
NASA分類GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES (SPACE)
レポートNO82A44659
IAF PAPER 82-46
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