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INTRODUCTION TO FUTURE LAUNCH VEHICLE PLANS [1963-2001]
1.EARLY AMERICAN REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROPOSALS (1963-67)
MARTIN“ASTROROCKET” [1963]
LOCKHEED “REUSABLE ORBITAL CARRIER” [R.O.C.] [1963]
LOCKHEED “SYSTEM III & IV” [1963]
NORTH AMERICAN HTHL TSTO [1963]
DOUGLAS“ASTRO” [1963]
CLASS III NOVA [G.D. “NEXUS”, MARTIN “RENOVA”, DOUGLAS “ROOST”] [1963]
DOUGLAS“R.O.M.B.U.S.” [1963]
DOUGLAS“R.O.M.B.U.S.” & PROJECT SELENA [1963]
DOUGLAS“R.O.M.B.U.S.” & PROJECT DEIMOS [1963]
DOUGLAS“HYPERION” [1964]
DOUGLAS“PEGASUS” [1964]
DOUGLAS“ITHACUS” [1964]
NORTH AMERICANAIR-AUGMENTED VTVL SSTO [1963]
NASA / DoDA.A.C.B. CLASS I & II [1965-66]
NASA / DoDA.A.C.B. CLASS III [1965-66]
DOUGLAS“S.A.S.S.T.O.” [1966]
2.THE SPACE SHUTTLE -- From Dream to Reality (1968-72)
McDONNELL-DOUGLAS “I.L.R.V.” [1968]
LOCKHEED “STARCLIPPER” [1968]
GENERAL DYNAMICS “TRIAMESE” [1968]
SPACE SHUTTLE PHASE-A DESIGNS [1969]
MSC/NORTH AMERICAN CONCEPT-A “DC-3” [SHUTTLE PHASE-A] [1969]
McDONNELL-DOUGLAS CONCEPT-B “FR-3C” [SHUTTLE PHASE-A] [1969]
McDONNELL-DOUGLAS ALTERNATE CONCEPT-B [SHUTTLE PHASE-A] [1969]
LOCKHEED CONCEPT-C “LS-112” [SHUTTLE PHASE-A] [1969]
GENERAL DYNAMICS CONCEPT-D “FR-3A” [SHUTTLE PHASE-A] [1969]
MARTIN MARIETTA “SPACEMASTER” [SHUTTLE PHASE-A] [1969]
BOEING & LOCKHEED PHASE A/B SHUTTLE [1970]
NORTH AMERICAN & GENERAL DYNAMICS PHASE B SHUTTLE [1970]
NORTH AMERICAN & GENERAL DYNAMICS “B9U/NAR-161-B” PHASE B SHUTTLE [1971]
McDONNELL-DOUGLAS & MARTIN MARIETTA PHASE B SHUTTLE [1971]
GRUMMAN & BOEING PHASE B SHUTTLE [1970]
GRUMMAN & BOEING “H33” [PHASE B SHUTTLE] [1971]
CHRYSLER “S.E.R.V.” [PHASE-A' SHUTTLE] [1971]
LOCKHEED “LS-200”PHASE-A' SHUTTLE [1971]
PHASE-B' SHUTTLE CONTRACTOR STUDIES[1971]
PHASE-B' SHUTTLE COST TRADEOFFS[1971]
ROCKWELL PHASE-C/D SHUTTLE [1972]
3.THE 1970s -- Solar Power Satellites and Advanced Launch Vehicles (1973-80)
ROBERT SALKELD'S “TRIPROPELLANT” RLVs [1965-78]
MARTIN MARIETTA / NASA-LaRC VTHL SSTO[1975]
BOEING / NASA-LaRC HTHL SSTO[1975]
NASA-JSC S.P.S. LAUNCH VEHICLES [1976]
BOEING “LEO”VTVL SSTO [1976]
BOEING 2-STAGE VTVL “HLLV” [1976]
BOEING 2-STAGE VTHL “HLLV” [1976-79]
MARTIN MARIETTA 2-STAGE “HLLV” [1977]
ROCKWELL “STAR-RAKER”RAMJET HTHL SSTO [1978]
ROCKWELL 2-STAGE “HLLV” [1978-80]
4.NASA "Shuttle II" Advanced Manned Launch System studies (1978-89)
“SPACEJET” AND OTHER NASA-LaRC CONCEPTS [1978-80]
NASA-LaRC “FUTURE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM” [1981-84]
NASA-LaRC “SHUTTLE II” [1985-88]
NASA-LaRC “ADVANCED MANNED LAUNCH SYSTEM” [1989]
5.Military Spaceplanes (1978-93)
BOEING /U.S.A.F.“AIR-LAUNCHED SORTIE VEHICLE” [ALSV] [1979-82]
ROCKWELL / U.S.A.F. “TRANS-ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES” [1980-84]
GENERAL DYNAMICS “TRANS-ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES” [1982]
LOCKHEED / U.S.A.F. “TRANS-ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES” [1984]
McDONNELL-DOUGLAS “TRANS-ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLE” [1984]
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