Volume 45, Issue 3 No AccessEvaluating Technology Projections and Weight Prediction Method Uncertainty of Future Launch VehiclesAlan W. Wilhite, Sampson E. Gholtson, Phillip A. Farrington and James J. SwainAlan W. Wilhite Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332Search for more papers by this author, Sampson E. Gholtson University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899Search for more papers by this author, Phillip A. Farrington University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899Search for more papers by this author and James J. Swain University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.30578SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byModeling Space System Architectures with Graph TheoryDale C. Arney and Alan W. Wilhite10 October 2014 | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 5The Application of a Hybrid Probabilistic Method for Design Margin Estimation to the FAST Reference Flight SystemBradford E. Robertson, Dimitri N. Mavris and Jeffrey V. Zweber10 September 2013Forecasting airplane technologiesForesight, Vol. 12, No. 6Quantifying the Effects of Model Uncertainty on Design Mass Margin in Advanced Earth-to-Orbit Launch VehiclesPatrick Chai and Alan Wilhite26 June 2012A Flexible Modeling Environment for Evaluating Space System ArchitecturesDale Arney and Alan Wilhite14 June 2012 What's Popular Volume 45, Number 3May 2008 Crossmark TopicsAircraft EnginesInternational Space StationJet EnginesLaunch VehiclesPropellantPropulsion and PowerSpace Launch SystemsSpace ShuttleSpace Shuttle OrbiterSpace StationsSpace SystemsSpace Systems and VehiclesSpacecrafts KeywordsReusable Launch VehiclePropellantMonte Carlo SimulationBurning RateThermal Protection SystemSpace Shuttle Main EngineSpace Shuttle PayloadsAerodynamic DragSpace Transportation SystemInternational Space StationPDF Published online23 May 2012