A logistics and potential hazard study of propellant systems for a Saturn 5 derived heavy lift (three-stage core) launch vehicle

Details A logistics and potential hazard study of propellant systems for a Saturn 5 derived heavy lift (three-stage core) launch vehicle A logistics and potential hazard study of propellant systems for a Saturn 5 derived heavy lift (three-stage core) launch vehicle

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992asee.nasa..561w&link_type=abstract

In its NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program p 561-591 (SEE N93-19390 06-99)

Physics

Booster Rocket Engines, Earth Orbits, Hazards, Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, Launching, Payloads, Propellants, Saturn 5 Launch Vehicles, Space Exploration, Economics, Noise Reduction, Procurement, Propellant Storage, Transportation

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The Bush Administration has directed NASA to prepare for a return to the Moon and on to Mars - the Space Exploration Initiative. To meet this directive, powerful rocket boosters will be required in order to lift payloads that may reach the half-million pound range into low earth orbit. In this report an analysis is presented on logistics and potential hazards of the propellant systems envisioned for future Saturn 5 derived heavy lift launch vehicles. In discussing propellant logistics, particular attention has been given to possible problems associated with procurement, transportation, and storage of RP-1, HL2, and LOX, the heavy lift launch vehicle propellants. Current LOX producing facilities will need to be expanded and propellant storage and some support facilities will require relocation if current Launch Pads 39A and/or 39B are to be used for future heavy noise-abatement measures. Included in the report is a discussion of suggested additional studies, primarily economic and environmental, which should be undertaken in support of the goals of the Space Exploration Initiative.

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