Robert A. Goehlich

[ 1 ] - Selection of Favorite Reusable Launch Vehicle Concepts by using the Method of Pairwise Comparison

The contribution of this paper to the space transportation system field is to select promising Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) concepts by using a formal evaluation procedure. The vehicle system is divided into design features. Every design feature can have alternative characteristics. All combinations of design features and characteristics are compared pairwise with each other. The innovation an...