Advanced Propulsion Concepts - Project Outgrowth

Abstract

A study was conducted by an ad hoc group within the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory during the calendar year of 1970 in an attempt to predict the major propulsion developments that may occur in the next 30 to 40 years. The report evaluates the future of conventional chemical rocketry based on thermodynamic principles and revolutionary conceptual approaches to system applications. Advanced concepts falling under the general headings of Thermal, Field and Photon Propulsion are evaluated to a degree necessary to define their potential. The report does not define a long list of very near-term technology program subjects, but is designed to encourage and motivate talented and interested scientists and engineers to once again strive for advanced propulsion concepts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750554

Entities

People

  • Franklin B. Mead Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy Storage
  • Engineers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Payload
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Rockets
  • Space Propulsion
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design