Environmental Assessment for Flight Test to the Edge of Space

Abstract

This report analyzes the potential environmental affects and consequences for conducting up to 48 annual flight tests by one of a kind research aircraft that would use scramjet engines to fly at altitudes up to 264,000 feet above sea level. These flights would reach speeds faster than the speed of sound and land at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 2008
Accession Number
ADA611293

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space