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Spacefaring America Resource Information:
- White papers:
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America Needs to Become Spacefaring (5 pages, standard size,
landscape)
- Near-Future American Space Infrastructure Possibilities
(2 pages, tabloid size, landscape)
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America's Energy Future is at Risk without Space Solar Power (2
pages, standard size, portrait) (Specific copyright permissions and
restrictions are listed on this document - posting to another site
is not permitted without prior written permission of J. M. Snead.)
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The End of Easy Energy and What to Do About It (126 pages,
standard size, portrait) (Specific copyright permissions and
restrictions are listed on this document - posting on another site
is not permitted without prior written permission of J. M. Snead.)
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- Videos (Recommend: Select with right button to designate a location
to save the file)
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Assured Space Access (21 Meg; 2 minutes; video is in the public
domain)
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In-space Servicing
(32 Meg; 2 minutes; video is in the public
domain)
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Space Mobility (59 Meg; 4 minutes; video is in the public
domain)
- Papers and articles:
- The Vital Need for America to Develop Space Solar Power
(The
Space Review, 4 May 2009) A print version is available
here.
(Note this version has a couple of minor numeric corrections from
the version published in the space review.) This requires Adobe Reader Version 8 or higher. (This
paper is copyright (c) 2009 Spacefaring Institute LLC. See the cover
page for permitted uses.)
- Assessing
the practicality of scamjet-powered, single-stage aerospaceplanes
(The Space Review, 31 mar 2008)
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Spacefaring Logistics Infrastructure: The Foundation of a
Spacefaring America (AstroPolitics 6-1, March 2008)
- What to
tell the next president about realizing America's potential in space
(The Space Review, 4 Feb 2008)
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Aerospaceplanes and space solar power (The Space Review, 3 Dec
2007)
- Becoming a
true spacefaring America (The Space Review, 4 Sep 2007) Also
available
here.
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Near-Future
Space Logistics Vehicles (AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, July
2007)
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Technically-achievable, Near-term Space Logistics (a longer
version of the Aerospace America article)
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A Space Logistics Infrastructure for the Near Term (AIAA
Aerospace America, October 2006)
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Achieving Near-Term, Aircraft-like Reusable Space Access (AIAA
Space 2006)
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Cost Estimates of Near-Term, Fully-Reusable Space Access Systems
(AIAA Space 2006)
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Architecting Rapid Growth in Space Logistics Capabilities (AIAA
Joint Propulsion Conference, July 2004)
- Presentations
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Energy, SSP, and Jumpstarting America's Spacefaring Future (52
charts; 13 Meg; PowerPoint 2003 format) This is the presentation
given at the National Space Society International Space Development
Conference 2009 in Orlando, FL. Speaker notes are included.
(Copyright (c) 2009 Spacefaring Institute LLC. See title page notes
for permitted uses.)
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Becoming Spacefaring Overview (36 charts) (Copyright (c) 2009
Spacefaring Institute LLC. Specific copyright permissions and
restrictions are listed on the cover page - posting on another web
site is not permitted without prior written permission of the
Spacefaring Institute LLC.) This requires Adobe Reader Version 8 or
higher to view.
- Images
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NASA solar power satellite concept (2048 x 1593)
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Spacefaring logistics infrastructure concepts (3000 x 2103)
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Spacefaring America desktop background image (2880 x 1800)
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NSSO summer 2007 Space-Based Solar Power Study
- NSSO summer 2007 Space-Based Solar Power spacefaring logistics fact
sheets:
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Space-Based Solar Power Logistics Summary (what became Appendix
D in the report)
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Spacefaring Logistics Infrastructure Phase 1
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Spacefaring Logistics Infrastructure Phase 2
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Spacefaring Logistics Infrastructure Phase 3
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Aerospaceplane Generation 1
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Aerospaceplane Generation 1 Cost Estimate
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Aerospaceplane Generation 1.5
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Aerospaceplane Generation 1.5 Cost Estimate
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Shuttle-derived Spacelifter
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Space Construction Station
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Space Logistics Base
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Space Logistics Base Assembly
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Space Logistics Base Space Dock
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Space Logistics Base Space Hangar
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Space Habitat
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Space Propellant Station
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Space Tug
2007-2009
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