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Apr 26, 2012
Standardization: The Key for Future Spaceport Operations
Authors: Steven Ryberg and Cristina GuidiAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Earth and Space 2004
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Spaceports of the future will probably look like airports today, having similar infrastructure and design, but serve different markets: sub-orbital, orbital, and even inter-planetary transportation. The ideal state for any transportation system is to have efficient, safe, and low cost operations. In order to bring space transportation from its adolescence today into adulthood tomorrow, a paradigm shift must drive towards the definition and implementation of ground infrastructure standards for space transportation that will ultimately influence the design of the flight hardware. In order for spaceports of tomorrow to operate as efficiently as other transportation systems today, standardization is paramount.
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Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments: Earth and Space 2004
Pages: 849 - 854
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Steven Ryberg
University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, Aviation Institute, Allwine Hall 422, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182
Cristina Guidi
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, YA-E, KSC, FL 32899
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