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Reusable First Stage Evolutionary Shuttle Upgrade

Tom Hamilton, Tom Healy

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A Reusable First Stage Evolutionary Shuttle Upgrade is presented in viewgraph form. The Reusable First Stage (RFS) is a first stage reusable booster with a Liquid Propulsion System that replaces the Shuttle Solid Rocket Motors. Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin configurations are presented. Topics include RFS key characteristics; improved safety and reliability; flight operations; flight regimes; improved performance capability; and Booster Main Engine candidates.

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A Reusable First Stage Evolutionary Shuttle Upgrade is presented in viewgraph form. The Reusable First Stage (RFS) is a first stage reusable booster with a Liquid Propulsion System that replaces the Shuttle Solid Rocket Motors. Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin configurations are presented. Topics include RFS key characteristics; improved safety and reliability; flight operations; flight regimes; improved performance capability; and Booster Main Engine candidates.

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A Reusable First Stage Evolutionary Shuttle Upgrade is presented in viewgraph form. The Reusable First Stage (RFS) is a first stage reusable booster with a Liquid Propulsion System that replaces the Shuttle Solid Rocket Motors. Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin configurations are presented. Topics include RFS key characteristics; improved safety and reliability; flight operations; flight regimes; improved performance capability; and Booster Main Engine candidates.

Key concepts: Booster (rocketry), Upgrade, Propulsion, Solid-fuel rocket, Space Shuttle, Aeronautics, Stage (stratigraphy), Aerospace engineering

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