Launch vehicle design features for minimum cost

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Portz, Ron ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR BREATHING; FLIGHT RATES; HISTORICAL REVIEW; LAUNCH VEHICLE DESIGN; LOW-EARTH ORBIT; MINIMUM COST; ORDER-OF-MAGNITUDE ANALYSIS; PROCESSING COSTS; REDUCED COST; ROCKET PROPULSION; SAFETY GOALS; VEHICLE SIZE;

LAUNCHING; NASA;

COSTS;

EID: 77957828475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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