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Research and Design Reports

Research and Design Reports. Common components: Transmittal letter Front cover and label Table of contents List of figures Executive summary Introduction Body of the report Conclusions Appendixes (including references ) Back cover. Cover Page.

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Research and Design Reports

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  1. Research and Design Reports Common components: Transmittal letter Front cover and label Table of contents List of figures Executive summary Introduction Body of the report Conclusions Appendixes (including references) Back cover

  2. Cover Page Maglev Applications for Space Launch Systems Preparedby Maglev Systems Research, Inc. Include a date

  3. Title Page • Maglev Applications for Space Launch Systems • Prepared • For • Dr. David McMurrey, CEO • Advanced Space Launch Systems, Inc. • by • Maglev Systems Research, Inc. December 9, 2013 If the transmittal letter is included as page 1, the title page is page 2. Other the title page is page 1. • This report compares current space launch costs to those ofMaglev-based systems, describes Gen-1 system plans, reviews the costs of building the system facility, dis-cusses the best locations for these facilities, and ends with a review of the applications and the benefits of this new technology.

  4. December 9, 2013 Dr. David McMurrey, CEO Advanced Space Launch Systems, Inc. 2000 W. 38th Street Austin, TX 78703 Dear Dr. McMurrey: Sincerely yours, Roberta Swinney, CEO Maglev Systems Research, Inc. End.: Maglev Applications for Space Launch Systems (report) Transmittal Letter Maglev Systems Research, Inc. 1307 Research Ridge Suite 301 Round Rock, TX 7856 Attached to the front cover or first page inside. I am submitting the attached report entitled Maglev Applications for Space Launch Systems. This report compares current space launch costs to those of Maglev-based systems, describes Gen-1 system plans, reviews the costs of building the system facility, discusses the best locations for these facilities, and ends with a review of the applications and the benefits of this new technology. I hope this report will help generate interest in this exciting new technology!

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  6. List of Figures and Tables

  7. Executive Summary Rocket launch costs, currently at ~$10,000 per kg of payload and $20 million for a single passenger, make large-scale commercial use and human exploration of the solar system unlikely. Magnetic acceleration of levitated spacecraft to orbital speeds, 8 km/sec or more, from evacuated tunnels on the surface, would reduce the cost to reach orbital speed to less than $1 per kilogram of payload. One of the two Maglev launch systems, the Gen-1 System will by 2020 put an unmanned 40-ton, 2-meter-diameter spacecraft with 35 tons of payload cargo craft into orbit by means of a 100-kilometer long evacuated tunnel located in high altitude terrain (~5000 meters). At 12 launches per day, a single Gen-1 facility could launch 150,000 tons annually. Using present costs for tunneling, superconductors, cryogenic equipment, materials, etc., the projected construction cost for the Gen-1 facility is $20 billion. Amortization cost, plus spacecraft and O&M costs, total $43 per kg of payload. For polar orbit launches, sites exist in Alaska, Russia, and China. For equatorial orbit launches, sites exist in the Andes and Africa. The Gen-2 system would enable large-scale human access. The Gen-2 system could launch hundreds of thousands of passengers per year and be in operation by 2030. These two systems will enable large-scale human exploration of space, thousands of gigawatts from space solar power satellites beamed power to Earth, a robust defense against asteroids and comets, and many other applications not possible now. ExecutiveSummary

  8. Sample Page 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of This Report This report is intended to make the general public aware of the exciting work being done by Rather Creative Innovations Group, in particular, James Powell, George Maise, and John Rather. We hope that our efforts at Maglev Systems Research will lead to greater public appreciation and support for the development of this technology. 1.2 Background of This Report Rocket launch costs, currently at ~$10,000 per kg of payload and $20 million for a single passenger, make large-scale commercial use and human exploration of the solar system unlikely. Maglev-based launch systems provide one of the best hopes for the further exploration of space and its productive use. 1.3 Scope of This Report This report will · Compare current space launch costs to those of Maglev-based systems · Describe Gen-1 system plans · Review the costs of building the system facility · Discuss the best locations for these facilities · Review of the applications and the benefits of this new technology. This report briefly mentions the Gen-2 system which will be designed to take cargo and humans into space but does not cover this phase the project in depth.

  9. 2.2 StarTram and Maglev The first StarTram system, Gen-1, is a high G cargo launch system. After reaching orbital speed, the vehicle leaves the acceleration tunnel at a high altitude, but still at ground level. The vehicle then coasts up to orbit, experiencing strong but manageable aerodynamic heating and deceleration forces. Because of the low energy cost per kilogram, large amounts of protective coatings and coolants for the cargo craft do not significantly increase launch cost. Figure 2. StarTram Emerging from Launch Tube Full development of the Gen-1 will require extensive research and trade studies in the following areas: • Blunt nose geometry, with an effective drag coefficient of 0.09 • Different launch altitudes (4000, 6000, and 8000 meters) • Different launch angles (10 or 15 degrees relative to surface) • Three different approaches to compensate for the velocity loss during ascent through the atmosphere Sample Page

  10. 7.0 References [1] Powell, J.R. and Danby, G.T. “High Speed Transport by Magnetically Suspended Trains”, Paper 66-WA/RR-5. ASME Meeting, NY, NY. Also, Mech Eng., 89, p. 30-35 (1967). [2] Powell, J., Maise, G., and Paniagua, J. “StarTram: A New Concept for Very Low Cost Earth to Orbit Transport Using Ultra High Velocity Magnetic Launch”, paper IAF-01-S.6.04, 52nd International Astronautical Congress, Toulouse, France, Oct. 1-5 (2001). [3] Powell, J., Maise, G., and Paniagua, J. “StarTram: A Maglev System for Ultra Low Cost Launch of Cargo to LEO, GEO, and the Moon”, Paper IAC-03-IAA.13.1.04, 54th International Congress, Bremen, Germany. [4] Powell, J., Maise, G., and Paniagua, J. “StarTram: An Ultra Low Cost Launch System to Enable Large Scale Exploration of the Solar System”, Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2006), Albuquerque, NM, February 12-16 (2006). [5] Powell, J., Maise, G., Paniagua, J., and Jordan, J., “StarTram – An International Facility to Magnetically Launch Payloads at Ultra Low Unit Cost”; Paper IAC-06-D3.2.7; 57th International Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain, October (2006). [6] Carlson, H.W. “Simplified Sonic Boom Prediction”, NASA TP-1122, March (1978). [7] Ishmael, S.D. “What is the X-30?”, in Proceedings of the First flight 30th Anniversary Celebration, NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Test Research Facility, Edwards, California, January (1991). [8] Powell, J., Maise, G., Paniagua, J., and Rather, J. “Magnetically Inflated Cable (MIC) System for Large ScaleSpace Structures”, NIAC Phase 1 Report, May 1, 2006, NIAC Subaward No. 07605-003-046. Also, “MIC – A Self Deploying Magnetically Inflated Cable System”, Acta Astronautica, 48, No 5-12, p 331-352.( 2001). ReferencesPage

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