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Grassroots Conservation of Biological Diversity in the United States

This report examines the technological and institutional aspects of biological data relevant to maintaining biological diversity in the United States focusing primarily on Federal data collection efforts.

Date: February 1986

Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Big Dumb Boosters: A Low-Cost Space Transportation Option?

This background paper describes and examines a launch vehicle concept commonly known as the “Big Dumb Booster,” a concept that derives from efforts first made in the 1960s to minimize costs of space launch systems. Some launch system analysts believe that the use of this concept, when applied to existing technology, could markedly reduce space transportation costs. Other analysts disagree.

Date: February 1989