The Big Book of Launch Vehicles:

Basics of Reusables

Please note that this is not even close to finished, nor is it necessarily the final layout.

 

Reusables, Basics

Reentry conditions

Reentry trajectories

Direct Entry

Skipping trajectory

TPS

Active

Gas sheaths

transpiration

Passive

Metallic

Ceramic

Foam

Inflatables

Configurations/Aerodynamics

Lifting Body

Ballistic

Wing/Body

Waverider

Auxiliary lifting surfaces

Oblique wing

Swing wing

Fold-up wing

Inflatable wing

Parafoil

Rotors

Airbreathing Systems

Capabilities

Airframe Integration

Trajectories

Auxiliary propulsion systems

APU’s