Hypersonic Reentry Visible to the Naked Eye

Abstract

The 2015 Larry D. Welch Award winner for best external publication was Visible Signatures of Hypersonic Reentry, by IDA researchers Jeremy A. Teichman and Leon R. Hirsch, published in Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. This summary explores how an evaluation of long-range hypersonic delivery concepts for the Department of Defense led to an innovative approach that measured the ability of the naked eye to see reentry vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds. As a result, more serious consideration has been given to the use of human visual detection in traditional study of airspace surveillance and defense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1210678

Entities

People

  • Jeremy A. Teichman
  • Leon R. Hirsch

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bioengineering
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles
  • Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Impact Point
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Surveillance
  • Thinking
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Space