The future of launch vehicles
Abstract
This article traces the development of satellite launch vehicles from the derivatives of long-range ballistic missiles to the current Ariane and Space Shuttle programmes. Looking to the next generation of launchers, the author outlines current thinking on reusable vehicles, focusing particularly on the British Aerospace/Rolls Royce HOTOL concept.
- Publication:
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Space Policy
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0265-9646(85)90073-6
- Bibcode:
- 1985SpPol...1..202P