Exploration: Past and Future Contributions of the Vertical Lift Community and the Flight Vehicle Research and Technology Division

Abstract

Fulfillment of the exploration vision will require new cross-mission directorate and multi-technical discipline synergies in order to achieve the necessary long-term sustainability. In part, lessons from the Apollo-era, as well as more recent research efforts, suggest that the aeronautics--and specifically the vertical lift--research community can and will make significant contributions to the exploration effort. A number of notional concepts and associated technologies for such contributions are outlined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA529867

Entities

People

  • Edwin W. Aiken
  • Larry A. Young

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircrafts
  • Astronautics
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Communities
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Research Facilities
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Spacecraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.