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EADS Launch Vehicles has been a leader for a long time in the study, design and development of military missiles, of in-orbit, transfer, re-entry and launch vehicles. Through these programmes, it has gained considerable (unique in Europe) experience in complex system architectures. For fully reusable launch vehicles (RLV) EADS Launch Vehicles has defined its views and prepared a “roadmap”.
Based on various more or less realistic scenarios EADS Launch Vehicles has built a methodology to enable comparisons to be made between different architectural choices, concepts, and fuels. This paper presents not only the background to the important issues but also introduces the various technological options that must be resolved in order to move from experimental “X” to semi-operational demonstrator “Y” RLV.
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Eymar, P.: What is the appropriate role of governments in future space transportation? A European industrialist point of view, in The Space Transportation Market: Evolution or Revolution?, edited by M. Rycroft, pp.243–248. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2000
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Eymar, P., Deneu, F. (2002). Reusable Launch Vehicles from a European Point of View. In: Rycroft, M. (eds) Beyond the International Space Station: The Future of Human Spaceflight. Space Studies, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9880-4_13
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