02261nam a2200409Ia 4500 282480 OCoLC 20160527200422.0 061013s2006 dcua f000 0 eng c 2006475221 (OCoLC)72846172 NSF NSF GPO DLC AFQ IAK pcc n-us--- PUXA TL785.8.L3 R457 2006 1005-C 1005-C (online) 387.80973 22 Y 10.2:SP 1/2 Rehmus, Paul B. Local 157985 Alternatives for future U.S. space-launch capabilities. Alternatives for future United States space launch capabilities [Washington, D.C.] Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office [2006] xv, 55 p. ill. 28 cm. A CBO study Local 47990 "Paul B. Rehmus wrote the study ... " -- Pref. "October 2006." Shipping list no.: 2007-0044-P. Also available via Internet from CBO web site. Address as of 11/7/06: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7635/10-09-SpaceLaunch.pdf; current access available via PURL. Includes bibliographical references. Current capabilities and plans. Current launch capabilities and projected worldwide demand through 2020 ; Launch requirements for the vision for space exploration. -- Alternatives for future NASA manned space-exploration capabilities. Existing heavy-lift launch systems ; Close derivatives of existing systems ; New super-heavy launch vehicles ; Program cost comparisons. -- On-orbit assembly, launch vehicle reliability, and overall probability of mission success. -- Human safety on launch abort. -- Considerations that affect lunar missions executed using multiple launches. -- Schematic depictions of launch vehicle derivatives and their antecedents. -- Cost estimates for alternative launch systems. Launch vehicles Astronautics United States. Local 123614 United States Congressional Budget Office. Local 182913 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7635/10-09-SpaceLaunch.pdf http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS75737 203623 203623 0 0 ddc 0 387_809730000000000_C3866A 0 evci 301635 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Federal depository 412564 0 387.80973 C3866a 80000002313347 2016-05-27 00:00:00 Oct, 2006 r:282480 6