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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Atmospheric Sciences Support
Abstract: Data from the atmospheric sciences support systems for RFD-1 on May 22, 1963, at Bermuda Island, are presented. These data were taken for purposes of later analysis of the ballistic performance of the re-entry vehicle and of the heat transfer mechanisms within it, and for studies of the motion of ablated particles in the atmosphere.
Date:
October 1964
Creator:
Coonce, C. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Construction of a Sea-Level, Transisthmian Canal Using Nuclear Explosives
Partial abstract: "This report is based: (1) on information developed in earlier high explosive experiments which determined the optimum spacing and burial depth of charges in a row to produce a channel uniformly wide and deep, and (2) on the Sedan and Danny Boy experiments, which provided data on dimensions of nuclear craters in both soil and basalt rock. This information has been combined with the 1947 route surveys of the Panama Canal company, and estimates have been made not only of the number and yield of nuclear explosives required to excavate a Transisthmian canal with nuclear explosives, but also of the cost of the explosives and the cost of their replacement."
Date:
February 1964
Creator:
Vortman, Luke J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Design, Development, and Performance of the Re-entry Vehicle
This report documents the design, development, and performance of the flight vehicle for Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1).
Date:
May 1964
Creator:
Erickson, C. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Re-entry Flight Demonstration No. 1 (RFD-1): Optical Data and Fuel-Element Experiment
This report on the RFD-1 optical data and external fuel-element experiment includes a description of the instruments and test components used, a presentation of the data obtained, an explanation of the methods of data reduction employed, and a statement of the conclusions derived. It covers the theory, design, qualification tests, flight-test data, and results of the external fuel-element experiment. Also presented is a theoretical analysis of observed versus predicted ablation times and altitudes for the external fuel elements. In addition, this report presents recommendations for improvements to data acquisition and reduction methods in future, similar flight tests.
Date:
October 1964
Creator:
White, I. B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Data Book
Re-entry flight demonstration number one (RFD-1) was launched on May 22, 1963 from the Scout launch complex at NASA Wallops Station, Wallops Island, Virginia.
Date:
September 1964
Creator:
Erickson, C. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Preflight Disassembly Analysis and Observed Disassembly of the Simulated SNAP-10A Reactor
Abstract: This report describes the SNAP-10A Simulated Test Reactor, the test philosophy of Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One, the analytical analysis of reactor disassembly, and the results of the flight test.
Date:
September 1964
Creator:
Klett, R. D.; Hysinger, T. M. & Robertson, M. M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Final SNAP-10A Safety Flight-Test Plan
Abstract: This report constitutes the RFD-1 Safety Flight Plan for investigating the disassembly, distraction, and disposal of the SNAP-10A reactor during re-entry.
Date:
March 1964
Creator:
Erickson, C. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library