Spaceports of the future will probably look like airports today, having similar infrastructure and design, but serve different markets: sub-orbital, orbital, and even inter-planetary transportation. The ideal state for any transportation system is to have efficient, safe, and low cost operations. In order to bring space transportation from its adolescence today into adulthood tomorrow, a paradigm shift must drive towards the definition and implementation of ground infrastructure standards for space transportation that will ultimately influence the design of the flight hardware. In order for spaceports of tomorrow to operate as efficiently as other transportation systems today, standardization is paramount.
Standardization: The Key for Future Spaceport Operations
Ninth Biennial Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments ; 2004 ; League City, Houston, Texas, United States
2004-03-03
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Standardization: The Key for Future Spaceport Operations
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