The three aspects of creating of the partially-reusable launch vehicles

Three main aspects of creating partially-reusable launch vehicles are considered: conceptual, technical, and economic. A possible approach to assessing the economic feasibility of developing of reused space transport systems is proposed

Keywords: launch vehicle, partially-reusable system, technical capability, economic feasibility, total costs, launch program

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