Safe, reliable, and affordable access to low-Earth (LEO) orbit is necessary for all of the United States (US) space endeavors. In 2010, NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist commissioned 14 teams to develop technology roadmaps that could be used to guide the Agency's and US technology investment decisions for the next few decades. The Launch Propulsion Systems Technology Area (LPSTA) team was tasked to address the propulsion technology challenges for access to LEO. The developed LPSTA roadmap addresses technologies that enhance existing solid or liquid propulsion technologies and their related ancillary systems or significantly advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of less mature systems like airbreathing, unconventional, and other launch technologies. In developing this roadmap, the LPSTA team consulted previous NASA, military, and industry studies as well as subject matter experts to develop their assessment of this field, which has fundamental technological and strategic impacts for US space capabilities.


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    Title :

    NASA's Launch Propulsion Systems Technology Roadmap


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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