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Why discuss aircraft performance in a text chiefly about optimization of spacecraft trajectories? Because aerospace engineers sometimes wish to capture the best of both worlds—as in the examples of Pegasus and SpaceShipOne which use aircraft as first stages and rockets as second stages to send vehicles into space.
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Longuski, J.M., Guzmán, J.J., Prussing, J.E. (2014). Some Applications. In: Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications. Space Technology Library, vol 32. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8945-0_7
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