Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the National Aerospace Plane NASP written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on the National Aerospace Plane and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on National Aero Space Plane Nasp Program written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six years ago, the Defense Science Board (DSB) initiated a review of the concept, technical basis, program content, and missions of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program. The report was completed in Sep. 1988, and the recommendations contributed to strengthening the technical efforts in the NASP program. Since then, substantial technological progress has been made in the technology development phase (Phase 2) of the program. Phase 2 of the program is currently scheduled to end in late Fiscal Year 1993, with a decision whether to proceed to the experimental flight vehicle phase (Phase 3) to be made at that time. This decision will be a very significant one for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In February of this year, the DSB was chartered to revisit the NASP program to assess the degree to which the many technical challenges of the program have been resolved, or are likely to be resolved by the end of Phase 2. Unspecified Center...
Download or read book National Aerospace Plane NASP Fiscal Year 1991 RDT E Budget Request written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Aerospace Plane NASP Fiscal Year 1992 RDT E Budget Request written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Aero space Plane written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Aerospace Plane NASP Fiscal Year 1991 RDT E Budget Request written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on National Aero Space Plane NASP Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six years ago, the Defense Science Board (DSB) initiated a review of the concept, technical basis, program content, and missions of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program. The report was completed in September, 1988, and the recommendations contributed to strengthening the technical efforts in the NASP program. Since then, substantial technological progress has been made in the technology development phase (Phase II) of the program. Phase II of the program is currently scheduled to end in late Fiscal Year 1993, with a decision whether to proceed to the experimental flight vehicle phase (Phase III) to be made at that time. This decision will be a very significant one for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In February of this year, the DSB was chartered to revisit the NASP program to assess the degree to which the many technical challenges of the program have been resolved, or are likely to be resolved by the end of Phase II.
Download or read book National Aero Space Plane written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hypersonic Revolution The quest for the orbital jet the National Aero Space Plane Program 1983 1995 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Aerospace Plane NASP written by B. W. Augenstein and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program plans were to develop an experimental aircraft, the X-30, to explore the entire hypersonic velocity flight range. The program's objectives included support of future national security, civil applications, and a reduction in the costs of space launch. This Executive Summary provides an independent assessment of the NASP program. The report discusses a number of features that should be included in demonstration programs with the goal of proving that relevant technologies are sufficiently mature to support the development of vehicles capable of hypersonic missions over a range of flight goals, including, but not restricted to, the special X-30 case as originally proposed (single stage to orbit, very major reliance on multicycle air heating engines.) This Executive Summary includes a review of the early NASP program, from which the authors draw several conclusions concerning NASP, then presents a comparative assessment of NASP's role in the military, and a discussion of missions. This is followed by discussion of critical considerations in technology, prudent risk management, cost estimates, and programmatic issues.
Download or read book The National Aerospace Plane NASP Development Issues for the Follow on Vehicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the National Aerospace Plane NASP written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NASP started in 1984 as a program to explore hypersonic air breathing propulsion. It transitioned during 1985 to a program with the dual goals of demonstrating single stage to orbit and hypersonic cruise with the same vehicle. DSB Task Force conclusions include: 1) The NASP program goals are valid. The technologies which NASP will develop will make significant contributions to our national military and space capabilities and our civilian economy as we enter the 21st century. 2)The NASP is truly an X-Vehicle. Expectations of short term operational utility should not be raised. 3) Technical uncertainties in all critical disciplines must be narrowed before detailed design is initiated. Uncertainties are too large to estimate with any degree of accuracy the cost, schedule or performance which can be achieved in Phase 3. 4) Readjust the program funding priorities to favor the Technology Maturation effort, while retaining sufficient effort in definition airframe and propulsion configuration to provide focus for the technology work. 5) An experimental program of this type should be event driven, not schedule driven. Demonstration of quantitative technical milestones in all critical disciplines should pace the program. (EDC).
Download or read book Soviet Reactions to the National Aerospace Plane NASP written by Rose Eilene Gottemoeller and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Note reviews the Soviet public reaction to the proposed development of the U.S. National Aerospace Plane (NASP), a manned hypersonic vehicle that the United States intends to build primarily to develop technologies for use on planes of the future, both military and civilian. The authors reviews the open literature published between the mid-1960s and mid-1989, including military journals, general political commentary, popular science publications, and legal journals. They looked, in particular, for signs that the Soviets are developing defensive systems and other measures to counter the NASP. They also sought evidence of possible international legal actions that the Soviets might take to limit NASP development. They conclude that the Soviets see the NASP as a component of strategic weapon modernization in space and recognize its bomber-modernization potential. The continuation of the NASP program will require the Soviets to respond to the threat. Their response, as in the case of the Strategic Defense Initiative, will most likely stress solutions that are the simplest and least expensive to develop and deploy.
Download or read book National Aero Space Plane Restructuring Future Research and Development Efforts written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. efforts to develop and demonstrate an aerospace plane that could achieve low earth orbit using a single stage are focused in the National Aero- Space Plane (NASP) Program. However, the program faces an uncertain future as it competes with other programs for limited federal funding at the same time its costs have escalated and its technologies remain to be developed within an ambitious schedule. Because of these and other concerns, three congressional committees asked GAO to examine various aspects of the NASP Program. This report discusses (1) the status of the program's technology development, (2) changes in the program's projected cost and schedule, (3) the requirements for and the potential mission applications of future operational NASP-derived vehicles and efforts to spin off NASP-developed technology, and(4) issues to be decided in reassessing the direction of the program.
Download or read book The National Aero Space Plane written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on National Aerospace Plane NASP Program written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) Program and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six years ago, the Defense Science Board (DSB) initiated a review of the concept, technical basis, program content, and missions of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program. The report was completed in September, 1988, and the recommendations contributed to strengthening the technical efforts in the NASP program. Since then, substantial technological progress has been made in the technology development phase (Phase II) of the program. Phase II of the program is currently scheduled to end in late Fiscal Year 1993, with a decision whether to proceed to the experimental flight vehicle phase (Phase III) to be made at that time. This decision will be a very significant one for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In February of this year, the DSB was chartered to revisit the NASP program to assess the degree to which the many technical challenges of the program have been resolved, or are likely to be resolved by the end of Phase II.
Download or read book National Aerospace Plane Program written by Scott Pace and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper outlines key issues raised by the National AeroSpace Plane Program (NASP) and suggests policy options to be examined further. The need for routine space access and U.S. aeronautical leadership makes NASP a national priority. The costs and uncertainties of NASP, however, necessitate reducing its risks. The author raises the following points: (1) the rate of technical progress, cost projections, and potential applications of NASP technology are uncertain; (2) NASP development costs and possible increases may force tradeoffs with other research and development in subsonic aircraft and launch vehicle technology; and (3) the 1988-1989 fiscal year budget will require decisions on major funding increases for flying "technology demonstrators." The author suggests some policy options to be examined: (1) maintain NASP research efforts, but deemphasize operational applications; (2) hedge NASP research by expanding efforts in other space and aeronautical transport programs; and (3) increase National Aeronautics and Space Administration responsibility for NASP work and ease classification restrictions."--Rand abstracts.
