Background The importance of space and space-related activities to support global military operations has expanded significantly over the past 50 years–and is still evolving. Today, the U.S. Navy is perhaps the most reliant of all the ...
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Advanced Propulsion Options For The Mars Cargo Mission, September 1989
Background This report summarizes the results of an evaluation of a variety of advanced low thrust propulsion options for the cargo-delivery portion of a split-mission piloted Mars exploration scenario. The propulsion options considered were ...
Alternative Propulsion Energy Sources, Forward Unlimited Contracted Research, 1983
Background The task was to survey the entire field of advanced propulsion to uncover and carry out a technical assessment of any concept that showed promise of leading to a major advance in available energy sources for space power and ...
History of Research in Subgravity and Zero-G at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico 1948-1958
Background The foreword offers a very interesting perspective into the pre-Apollo era, where weightlessness, had not yet been achieved: “Weightlessness, the weird condition of subgravity which man has never before experience and survived ...
National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan, June 2018
Background The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan (Strategy and Action Plan) will improve our Nation’s preparedness to address the hazard of near-Earth object (NEO) impacts over the next 10 years. Its primary role ...
