TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashford,David
TI  - Spaceflight revolution
SN  - 1860943209
AV  - TL790 .A83 2002
U1  - 629.41 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London, River Edge, NJ
PB  - Imperial College Press, Distributed by World Scientific
KW  - Space flight
KW  - Print books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176) and index; Pt. 1. Past, present, predicted future. Spaceplane history -- Recent developments -- Way ahead -- pt. 2. Spaceplane potential. Spaceplane low-cost potential -- Orbital infrastructure -- The spaceplane spage age -- pt. 3. Timescale. Technical feasibility -- Safety -- Maturity -- Market -- Development cost -- Design logic -- Breaking the mould -- Benefits -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Comparison between Sänger and Boeing 747 -- Appendix 2. Propellant mass fraction estimates
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