TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rehmus,Paul B.
ED  - United States
TI  - Alternatives for future U.S. space-launch capabilities
T2  - A CBO study
AV  - TL785.8.L3 R457 2006
U1  - 387.80973 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - [Washington, D.C.]
PB  - Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office
KW  - Launch vehicles Astronautics
KW  - United States
KW  - Local
N1  - "Paul B. Rehmus wrote the study ... " -- Pref; "October 2006."; Shipping list no.: 2007-0044-P; 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; 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
UR  - http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7635/10-09-SpaceLaunch.pdf
UR  - http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS75737
ER  -