Foreword |
Introduction / Antonio G. Accettura ; Claudio BrunoChapter 1: |
Propulsion Systems Overview |
Mission Scenarios |
Applicability Matrix |
Tradeoff Analysis |
Results |
Conclusions and Lessons Learned |
References |
Advanced Solid Rocket Motors / Roberto De Amicis ; Tanya ScaliaChapter 2: |
Scenario |
Market Needs/Projected Missions |
System Analysis |
Key Technologies and TRL |
Expected Development and Verification Costs and Time Frame |
Roadmaps |
Bibliography |
Advanced Cryogenic Engines / Oskar J. Haidn ; Dirk Greuel ; Ralf Stark ; Ubaldo Staffilano ; Francesco Betti ; Alessandro CongiuntiChapter 3: |
Nomenclature |
General Concept |
Engine Performance and Related Technologies |
Technology Analysis |
Conclusions on the Combustion-Chamber Technologies |
Other Key Technologies for LREs: Cryotanks and Turbopumps |
System Analysis for Liquid Rocket Engines |
Conclusions at Engine Level |
Advanced LOX-HC Engines for Boosters and Upper Stages / Chapter 4: |
Market Needs and Projected Missions |
Design and Operational Requirements |
Competence |
Conclusions and Recommendations |
LOX-Hydrocarbon Engines in Russia / G. P. Kalmykov ; B. A. Palyonov ; A. I. Bessonov ; A. I. Pastuhov ; S. S. ShulkovaChapter 5: |
Russian LOX-HC LRE for Launch Stages / Part 1: |
Review of Russian LOX/HC LRE for Launch Stages-Brief Description and Main Structural and Operational Requirements |
Main LOX/LHC Problems and Ways of Solving Them |
Evaluation of Engine Cycles |
About the Cost Evaluation of Engines |
Main Stages of Engine Development |
Outlook for the Progress of Launch-Stage LRE |
Conclusions |
Acknowledgment |
Russian LOX-HC LRE for Upper Stages / Part 2: |
Review of Russian Upper Stage LOX-HC LRE-Description, Main Design Criteria and Operational Requirements |
Main Problems of LRE Development and Ways of Attacking Them |
As to Estimated Cost of Engines |
Perspectives for Upper-Stage LRE Development |
Green Propellants / Chapter 6: |
Competencies |
Green Propellants in Russia / Chapter 7: |
Defining Ecologically Friendly ("Green") Propellants |
Examples of Projects and Designs of Hydrogen-Peroxide LRE |
Fields of Application of Green Propellants |
Miniaturized Propulsion / Eugenio GiacomazziChapter 8: |
Choosing the Micropropulsion System |
FMMR |
Chemical Propulsion |
Cold-Gas Thrusters |
[alpha] Thrusters |
FEEP |
Technology Issues |
Micropropulsion Scenario |
Key R&D Areas and Conclusions |
Solar Thermal Propulsion for Upper Stages / Martin Sippel ; Jens KauffmannChapter 9: |
Acronyms |
Main Applications |
System and Technology Analyses |
Development Roadmap and Cost Estimation |
Evaluations and Recommendations |
Electric-Propulsion Systems / Paola Rossetti ; Massimo Saverdi ; Leonardo BiagioniChapter 10: |
High-Power Gridded Ion Thrusters |
High-Power Hall-Effect Thrusters |
High-Power Applied-Field MPD Thrusters |
Double-Stage Hall Effect Thrusters |
Superconductivity / Daniele CasaliChapter 11: |
Current Status of Technology |
Superconducting Magnets and Their Applications |
Enabling SC Technology: Cryocoolers |
Superconductivity Applied to Electric Propulsion |
Missions |
Space Markets for SC-EP Systems |
Technology Readiness Level |
Roadmap for SC-EP |
Summary and Conclusions |
The Case for Nuclear Propulsion: the Rubbia's Engine / Alessio Del RossiChapter 12: |
Some Engineering Issues: Chamber Design |
Existing Know-How |
Expected Development Costs and Possible Time Frame |
Roadmap |
VASIMR Prefeasibility Analysis / Alessandra NegrottiChapter 13: |
TRL and R&D Activities |
Cost-Analysis Estimate and Development Plan |
Acknowledgments |
Laser Propulsion Systems / Hans-Albert Eckel ; Wolfgang SchallChapter 14: |
Application of Pulsed Laser Propulsion and Mission Requirements |
Laser System Requirements |
State of the Art |
Possible Technology Development Plan |
Summary and Recommendations |
Mass Accelerators: Maglev and Railguns / C. BrunoChapter 15: |
Missions and Markets |
Future Perspectives |
Solar Sails-Propellantless Propulsion for Near- and Medium-Term Deep-Space Missions / Wolfgang Seboldt ; Bernd DachwaldChapter 16: |
Basic Principles of Solar Sails |
Ground-Based Demonstration of Solar-Sail Technology at DLR |
Performance Parameters and Basic Requirements |
Mission Proposals and Assessment |
Technology Analysis and Roadmaps |
Conclusion |
In Situ Resource Utilization / Chapter 17: |
Key Technologies and Processes Associated with ISRU |
Development Cost and Time Frame |
Index |
Supporting Materials |
Foreword |
Introduction / Antonio G. Accettura ; Claudio BrunoChapter 1: |
Propulsion Systems Overview |