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Re-entry Flight Demonstration No. 1 (RFD-1): Optical Data and Fuel-Element Experiment

Description: 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 altitu… more
Date: October 1964
Creator: White, I. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Data Book

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Preflight Disassembly Analysis and Observed Disassembly of the Simulated SNAP-10A Reactor

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Construction of a Sea-Level, Transisthmian Canal Using Nuclear Explosives

Description: 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 num… more
Date: February 1964
Creator: Vortman, Luke J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Re-entry Flight Demonstration Number One (RFD-1): Atmospheric Sciences Support

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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