Summary of a 1982/1983 Liquid Rocket Propulsion Test Facility Assessment 931433
In August of 1982, an internal NASA team was chartered by the Associate Administrators for the Office of Space Flight (OSF) and the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST) to assess the status of the nation’s liquid chemical space propulsion test facilities and their adequacy to support current, near-term, and long-range national program requirements. This paper describes the results of that assessment, including the government and industry test capabilities in existence at that time, facility deficiencies that existed relative to what was needed to meet perceived future test requirements, an integrated facility implementation plan recommended by the team, and the state of the liquid rocket propulsion industry at the time the assessment was made.
Citation: Stephenson, F., Edward, A., and Dankhoff, W., "Summary of a 1982/1983 Liquid Rocket Propulsion Test Facility Assessment," SAE Technical Paper 931433, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/931433. Download Citation
Author(s):
Frank W. Stephenson, A. Gabris Edward, Walter Dankhoff
Affiliated:
W.J. Schafer Associates, Inc., NASA Headquarters
Pages: 10
Event:
Aerospace Atlantic Conference & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1993 Transactions: Journal of Aerospace-V102-1
Related Topics:
Test facilities
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