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NASA's Advanced Space Transportation Hypersonic ProgramNASA's has established long term goals for access-to-space. NASA's third generation launch systems are to be fully reusable and operational in approximately 25 years. The goals for third generation launch systems are to reduce cost by a factor of 100 and improve safety by a factor of 10,000 over current conditions. The Advanced Space Transportation Program Office (ASTP) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL has the agency lead to develop third generation space transportation technologies. The Hypersonics Investment Area, part of ASTP, is developing the third generation launch vehicle technologies in two main areas, propulsion and airframes. The program's major investment is in hypersonic airbreathing propulsion since it offers the greatest potential for meeting the third generation launch vehicles. The program will mature the technologies in three key propulsion areas, scramjets, rocket-based combined cycle and turbine-based combination cycle. Ground and flight propulsion tests are being planned for the propulsion technologies. Airframe technologies will be matured primarily through ground testing. This paper describes NASA's activities in hypersonics. Current programs, accomplishments, future plans and technologies that are being pursued by the Hypersonics Investment Area under the Advanced Space Transportation Program Office will be discussed.
Document ID
20020094305
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Hueter, Uwe (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
McClinton, Charles (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Cook, Stephen
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
July 29, 2002
Subject Category
Space Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 2002-5175
Meeting Information
Meeting: 11th AIAA/AAAF International Conference Space Planes and Hypersonics Systems and Technologies Conference
Location: Orleans
Country: France
Start Date: September 29, 2002
End Date: October 4, 2002
Sponsors: Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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