A Review of United States Air Force and Department of Defense Aerospace Propulsion Needs

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Publication Year:2006

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Front Matter	i-xxiv
Summary	1-10	(skim)
1 Overview	11-66	(skim)
2 Military Propulsion Needs	67-77	(skim)
3 Air-Breathing Propulsion	78-107	(skim)
4 Rocket Propulsion Systems for Access to Space	108-170	(skim)
5 Rocket Propulsion Systems for In-space Operations and Missiles	171-202	(skim)
6 Cross-cutting Technologies	203-215	(skim)
7 Strategies, Issues, and Funding Trends	216-238	(skim)
Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	239-248	(skim)
Appendix B Meetings and Speakers	249-252	(skim)
Appendix C Site Visits	253-255	(skim)
Appendix D Background Information on the Delta IV and Atlas V Families of Large Launch Vehicles	256-260	(skim)
Appendix E Background Information on FALCON Launch Vehicle Concepts	261-264	(skim)

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NOTES

CD-ROM included in Hardback version.

Chapter 2-7 and Appendixes A-E are reproduced on the CD-ROM that contains the full report but are not included in the printed report. The CD-ROM is provided with the printed report.