"Pegasus" - A Design Concept for a V.I.P. Orbital/Global Rocket Transport

Abstract

This paper describes the results of a study to determine operational and economic aspects of a new class of carrier for high-income passengers and high-priority cargo evolved from the reusable booster of tomorrow. Evolution of the hypothetical transport system, termed Pegasus, is based on the premise that after vehicle survival of atmospheric penetration has become commonplace, a reusable booster of the Saturn V payload class (100 tons to orbit) may be developed and later adapted for ballistic surface-to-surface payload delivery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 1964
Accession Number
AD0605211

Entities

People

  • G. C. Goldbaum
  • Phil Bono
  • R. M. Wood

Organizations

  • Douglas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Mass Production
  • Payload
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Reliability
  • Space Systems
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites