Concepts of Operations for a Reusable Launch Vehicle

By Major Michael A. Rampino, USAF

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Title:	Concepts of Operations for a Reusable Launch Vehicle
Author:	Major Michael A. Rampino, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Aerospace
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Michael A. Rampino, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Concepts of Operations for a Reusable Launch Vehicle. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The purpose of this study is to help ensure the US military, especially the USAF, is prepared to take advantage of reusable launch vehicles (RLV) should the NASA-led effort to develop an RLV demonstrator prove successful. The focus of this study is an explanation of how the US military could use RLVs, by describing and analyzing two concepts of operations.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION . . . 1 CONCEPTS AND ATTRIBUTES . . . . . . . 7 CONCEPTS OF OPERATIONS . . . . . . 19 ANALYSIS . . . . 29 CONCLUSIONS . . . . 43 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . 49