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Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics
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Imagine the day when aircraft accidents are an order of magnitude less likely to occur than they are today; when noise levels and emissions by commercial aircraft have been reduced by factors of five and four, respectively; when the throughput of the aviation system in all weather conditions is three times today's capacity; when the cost of air travel has been reduced by 50 percent. Imagine the day when the current development cycle time for aircraft has been reduced by half through the use of next-generation design tools and experimental aircraft programs; when 20,000 general aviation aircraft are produced annually; when travel time to the Far East and Europe has been reduced by half at today's subsonic ticket prices. Imagine the day when the cost of launching a payload into low-Earth orbit has been reduced from $10,000 to $1,000 per pound, and then further reduced from $1,000 to $100 per pound. This vision of the future of air and space transportation reflects the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) 10 national goals for aeronautics and space transportation technology in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The task undertaken in this study was to identify revolutionary or breakthrough technologies that could provide the foundation for these achievements. These concepts and technologies also address the future needs and opportunities identified in the National Research Council (NRC) report, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise (NRC, 1997). A third objective of the study was to assess the feasibility of achieving NASA's 10 goals through either evolutionary or revolutionary developments in technology.
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0-309-59240-2
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English
1998
1-149
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