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Next Generation Launch Technology Program Lessons Learned.

N20050092275

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Cook, S.; Tyson, R.
Page Count	22
Abstract	In November 2002, NASA revised its Integrated Space Transportation Plan (ISTP) to evolve the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) to serve as a theme for two emerging programs. The first of these, the Orbital Space Plane (OSP), was intended to provide crew-escape and crew-transfer functions for the ISS. The second, the NGLT Program, developed technologies needed for safe, routine space access for scientific exploration, commerce, and national defense. The NGLT Program was comprised of 12 projects, ranging from fundamental high-temperature materials research to full-scale engine system developments (turbine and rocket) to scramjet flight test. The Program included technology advancement activities with a broad range of objectives, ultimate applications/timeframes, and technology maturity levels. An over-arching Systems Engineering and Analysis (SE&A) approach was employed to focus technology advancements according to a common set of requirements. Investments were categorized into three segments of technology maturation: propulsion technologies, launch systems technologies, and SE&A.
Keywords	Nasa space programs Technology utilization Space transportation Defense program Propulsion system performance Supersonic combustion ramjet engines Flight tests Aerospace planes Systems engineering Propulsion system configurations Space exploration
Source Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Corporate Authors	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Supplemental Notes	Presented at 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery, Orlando, FL, United States, 30 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2005. Publicly available Unlimited. CASI.
Document Type	Journal Article
NTIS Issue Number	200516

Next Generation Launch Technology Program Lessons Learned.

Next Generation Launch Technology Program Lessons Learned.
N20050092275

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Cook, S.; Tyson, R.
Page Count	22
Abstract	In November 2002, NASA revised its Integrated Space Transportation Plan (ISTP) to evolve the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) to serve as a theme for two emerging programs. The first of these, the Orbital Space Plane (OSP), was intended to provide crew-escape and crew-transfer functions for the ISS. The second, the NGLT Program, developed technologies needed for safe, routine space access for scientific exploration, commerce, and national defense. The NGLT Program was comprised of 12 projects, ranging from fundamental high-temperature materials research to full-scale engine system developments (turbine and rocket) to scramjet flight test. The Program included technology advancement activities with a broad range of objectives, ultimate applications/timeframes, and technology maturity levels. An over-arching Systems Engineering and Analysis (SE&A) approach was employed to focus technology advancements according to a common set of requirements. Investments were categorized into three segments of technology maturation: propulsion technologies, launch systems technologies, and SE&A.
Keywords	Nasa space programs Technology utilization Space transportation Defense program Propulsion system performance Supersonic combustion ramjet engines Flight tests Aerospace planes Systems engineering Propulsion system configurations Space exploration
Source Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Corporate Authors	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Supplemental Notes	Presented at 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery, Orlando, FL, United States, 30 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2005. Publicly available Unlimited. CASI.
Document Type	Journal Article
NTIS Issue Number	200516