Rehmus, Paul B. creator United States Congressional Budget Office. text dcu Washington, D.C.] Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office [2006] 2006 monographic eng

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xv, 55 p. ill. 28 cm. 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. "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. n-us--- Launch vehicles Astronautics United States TL785.8.L3 R457 2006 387.80973 Y 10.2:SP 1/2 Y 10.2:SP 1/2 2006475221 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7635/10-09-SpaceLaunch.pdf http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS75737 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7635/10-09-SpaceLaunch.pdf http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS75737 NSF 061013 20160527200422.0 282480