Browse Items (16 total)

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  "Saturn and the NASA space program."

  Given at the Birmingham Chapter National Defense Transportation Association. Focuses chiefly on moon-missions.
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  The History of Thor.

  This history is intended as a quick orientation source and as a ready-reference for review of the Thor and its systems. The report briefly states the development of Thor, summarizes and chronicles Thor missile and booster launchings, provides illustrations and descriptions of the vehicle systems, relates their genealogy, explains some of the performance capabilities of the Thor and Thor-based vehicles used, and focuses attention to the exploration of space by Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.
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  "NEXUS concept of a large reusable earth launch vehicle."

  Aspects of Earth-to-orbit delivery are discussed and a cost analysis of the logistic operation and the cost of orbital operations are presented. Probabilities of success of orbital delivery and the operational and economic aspects of establishing large orbital installations and maintaining a large transportation volume in the 1975/85 time period are compared for the two cases using a large number of Saturn V versus a smaller number of 1-stage chemical Post-Saturn launch vehicles. Performance parameters of chemical, chemonuclear and nuclear launch vehicles are compared. The concept of a blunt launch vehicle configuration referred to as NEXUS is presented in detail. Applications of this configuration to chemonuclear propulsion and to a 50 ft diameter version of Saturn V with recoverable first stage are discussed.
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  "Corrosion Problems Associated with Space Launch Vehicles".

  A document reporting various space vehicle corrosion issues. Original is photocopy.
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  "Evolution of the Saturn Booster."

  8 x 10 inch Black & White photograph. MS-G 103-63 Nov. 22, 63 is on the photograph. Displays the evolution of space-rocket designs side-by-side.
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  "Science and technology advisory committee for manned space flight."

  This publication contains the Marshal Space Flight Center contribution at the Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAG) at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
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  "Manned Launch Vehicle Development."

  Includes handwritten notes. Includes references to slides. Essay remarking on how space vehicles will interact on the moon's surface.
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  "Dynamic Problems in Launch Vehicles and Spacecraft."

  Addresses improving spacecraft safety by resolving various known dynamic problems.
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  Space vehicles for the peaceful exploration of the inner solar system; Memorandum to Mr. K. K. Dannenberg from Joe M. Jones.

  Review of speech to be presented in Tampa, FL. Speech included references to slides.
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  "Saturn data summary handbook."

  This handbook provides a technical data summary for the Douglas-produced Saturn S-IV and S-IVB stages of the NASA Apollo Program. Material contained in the S-IVB stage of this handbook includes the S-IB and S-V vehicles. This book will be updated as changes and additional information become available. The appendix contains aerospace fluid characteristics, LOX and LH2 vapor pressure curves and a list of non-standard abbreviations.