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All-Vertical (VTVL) Non-Staged (SSTO) Synerjet*-Powered Space Transports: Technical Description and Program Status

Escher, 2003

Document ID
5860685423445954825
Author
Escher W
Publication year
Publication venue
12th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies

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An earlier-documented non-staged, vertically operated (SSTO-VTVL), combined-cycle airbreathing/rocket powered reusable space transport concept database, was recently updated under NASA's Next Generation Launch Technology (NGLT) Systems Analysis …
Continue reading at arc.aiaa.org (other versions)

Classifications

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