Responsive Access Small Cargo Affordable Launch (RASCAL ...

List of Tables:
Table 1: Propulsion Design Breakdown. .......................................................................... 12
Table 2: F-100 Engine Characteristics [4]........................................................................ 12
Table 3: Propellant Mass Fraction Comparison of Solid Propellant Upper Stages [7]. ... 19
Table 4: Mission Fuel Fractions. ...................................................................................... 20
Table 5: POST Trajectory Constraints.............................................................................. 21
Table 6: Payload Comparisons for Baseline..................................................................... 23
Table 7: Comparison of First Stage Weights to Similar Fighter Aircraft [8]. .................. 26
Table 8: GT Safety Outputs. ............................................................................................. 30
Table 9: Cost Goal Summary for Baseline. ...................................................................... 36
Table 10: Design Alternatives for RASCAL Baseline. .................................................... 36
Table 11: Comparison of GT RASCAL with Baseline. ................................................... 44
Table 12: GT RASCAL Flights per Year to Attain $5,000 per Pound of Payload.......... 51
Table 13: GT RASCAL Flights per Year to Attain $750,000 per Flight ......................... 51
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