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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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483-5111 December 24_ 1970
MSC 70-134
HOUSTON_ TEXAS .....The NASA Manned Spacecraft Center has requested
proposals from the aerospace industry for development of a computer
program for a study of space Shuttle Reaction Control System (RSC) engines.
The study calls for a math program to evaluate design of an oxygen/
hydrogen engine_ RCS subsystems and component parts. It will be conducted
in three parts. They are (1) techniques for analysis_ (2) development
of a program model, and (3) development of the digital program.
MSC has alloted appro:cimately $10%000 for use in the study. Eleven
companies have been invited to submit proposals which are due by January
67 1971.
The proposal calls fo: a fixed-price research and development contract,
and it is to be completed approximately ten months after contract award.
The Shuttle is one of the key elements of the agency's manned
space flight program. The vehicle could be flight operational as early
as 1978. It is completely reusable; a plane that can fly into space and
return, landing like a conventional jet aircraft.
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