Space Launch Vehicles : Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports.

Format:

Book

Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerospace industries.

Artificial satellites.

Technology transfer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Explains U.S. launch vehicle policy, reviews Government launch vehicle programs and issues, including the NASA space shuttle program, the DOD evolved expendable launch vehicle program, NASA efforts to develop new reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), and private sector RLV development efforts, and looks at the U.S. commercial launch services industry and foreign competition, including satellite export issues.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Space Launch Vehicles

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