National Air and Space Museum Archives
Robert C. Truax Collection
Truax, Robert Collins, 1917-2010
NASM.2016.0008
Archival Resource Key
11.99 Cubic feet
12.95 Linear feet
21 Legal Size Boxes, 1 Slim Legal Size, 3 Shoe Boxes, 1 Flat Box
1929-2005
bulk 1980-2000
Robert Truax was one of the great originals of American rocketry and a major proponent and inventor of ultra-low-cost rocket engine and vehicle concepts.
English
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Robert C. Truax Collection
Arrangement
This collection was arranged into series by the processing archivist. There was no original order when the collection was received.
Series 1: Personal & Business Papers
Series 2: Papers Authored by R.C. Truax
Series 3: Drawings
Series 4: Images
4:1 - Slides
4:2 - Photos, Negatives & Floppy Discs
Biographical / Historical
Robert Truax (1917-2010) was one of the great originals of American rocketry and a major proponent and inventor of ultra-low-cost rocket engine and vehicle concepts. A longtime member of the American Rocket Society (serving as its president in 1957,) He received the Robert H. Goddard award for outstanding work in liquid propellant rockets as well as the Legion of Merit citation for his conceptual work on making the "Polaris" guided-missile submarine a primary naval weapon. Truax was also inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2003.
Inspired by Robert Goddard, Truax began building rockets when he was a teenager in California. From 1936 to 1939, while enrolled at the United States Naval Academy, he tested liquid-fueled rocket motors. During the late 1940s, he organized the US Naval Missile Test Center's propulsion laboratory at Point Mugu, California, and headed rocket development within the Navy's Bureau of Aeronotics where he advanced the concept of a staged combustion system upon which the Space Shuttle's main engines would eventually rely. In 1946, Truax led a team that interrogated the rocket engineer for Nazi Germany, Wernher von Braun.
By 1955, however, his proposal for a submarine-launched ballistic missile had failed to win Navy approval and he joined the Air Force's newly established Western Development Division (WDD) From 1955 to 1958, Captain Truax headed the Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) development program. Truax studied the sea launching of rockets, such as the Sea Bee and Sea Horse projects. In 1959 he retired as a Captain, and headed the Aerojet-General Advanced Development Division and Aerojet's Sea Dragon project in the Advanced Development Division until leaving in 1967. In 1966 Robert Truax founded Truax Engineering Inc. (TEI,) which studied sea launch concepts similar to the earlier Sea Dragon—the Excalibur, the SEALAR (Sea Launched Rocket,) and the Excalibur S. Here his low-cost booster program plan was elaborated and further studied, but he was again unable to interest NASA or the USAF in the concept of cheap access to space.
In the 70's and early 80's, Truax, heretofore prominent in scientific communities, emerged in popular culture. Literally building rockets from his own backyard in Saratoga, Truax built both of Evel Knievel's "Skycycles" for his 1974 for attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon. He later competed in the original X-prize competition to send a private astronaut into suborbital flight.
Robert Truax, died on September 17 aged 93, as a key figure in the rocket research that took America into the space age, while also being an inspiration to the do-it-yourself, back-yard amateur.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
Permissions Requests
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Truax Estate, gift, 2016
Preferred Citation
Robert C. Truax Collection, Acc. 2016-0008, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The processing archivist kept original file unit titles when possible. Titles written by the archivist appear in brackets.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material relating to the career of Robert Collins Truax including correspondence, photographic material, technical drawings, technical manuals and reports, presentation and conference materials, papers by Truax, news clippings, published materials and business records for Truax Engineering, Inc.
Projects and programs referenced in this collection include the Knievel Rocket Car (Truax X-2 Sky-Cycle); X-3 Volksrocket; amphibious launchers, including the "Sea Dragon," "Sea Horse," and SEALAR (Sea Launched Rocket); the Space Shuttle program; the Gemini and Apollo programs; Rocketdyne LR89 Liquid-Fuel Motors; Rand Project; the Corona Reconnaissance Satellite; and Project Private Enterprise.
The researcher should note that the collection also contains audio-visual material. These items are not included in the finding aid but the NASM audio-visual archivist can assist you regarding access.
Acronyms
Numerous acronyms were used by the creator when labeling his file units. Some will be obvious to the researcher but the archivist has identified some acronyms that might be more unclear. Not all acronyms were able to be identified.
AFRL - Air Force Research Lab
ATD - Advanced Technology Development
BAA - possibly Broad Agency Announcement
BMDO - Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
CDRL - Contract Data Requirements List?
CPAI - Chemical Propulsion Information Agency
ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations
KACST - King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center
PMRF - Pacific Missile Range Facility
RSLP - Rocket Systems Launch Program
SEALAR - Sea Launch & Recovery
TEI - Truax Engineering Inc.
TPIPT - Technology Planning Integrated Product Teams
Truax X-3 Volksrocket
SEALAR (Sea Launched Rocket)
Astronautics
Manned space flight
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
Kneival Rocket Car (Truax X-2 Sky-Cycle)
Rocketry
RAND
North American Aviation, Inc. Rocketdyne Division
Personal & Business Papers
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
18 Boxes
(17 Legal Size Boxes, 1 18.75x3x15 Flat Box)
1929-2005
1
Scope and Contents
This series contains the personal and business papers of R.C. Truax. The processing archivist combined these papers into one series because of the lack of original order and the difficulty of sometimes telling the private papers from the business papers. Many file units came with no titles or very ambiguous titles so the processing archivist made the decision that arranging the materials in chronological order might prove the most useful for the researcher.
Diplomas
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1929-1992
1
1
[Materials re: Patenting]
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1930-1994
1
2
Old Rocket Articles
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1937-1979
1
3
[Correspondence]
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1937-2004
1
4
The Lucky Bag 1937 [United States Naval Academy Yearbook]
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1
5
The Lucky Bag 1938 [United States Naval Academy Yearbook]
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1
6
[Magazines]
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1938-1998
1
7
[Newspaper/Magazine Articles]
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1938-1998
2
1-4
[Serial No. EES B-5350-Y Navy Dept., Bureau of Aeronautics - Jet Propulsion Note No. 5: Construction & Testing of a 100 lb Thrust, 20 Second Liquid-Propellant Rocket Motor Test Stand by William Schubert, Lieutenant, USNR ]
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Sept 1 - Oct 1, 1943
2
5
Fotos Importantes & CORONA Article
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1945-circa 1995
2
6
Patent Documents
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1946-1964
2
7
[Preliminary Design of a Long Range Rocket]
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1949
2
8
PIX
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1949-2002
2
9
Scope and Contents
Drawings & photos.
BOB Topping Turbine Engine
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1950-1959
2
10
Final Report of the Ad Hoc Space Flight Committee of the American Rocket Society
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1952
3
1
[Corporal Handbook No. 1: Principles of the Corporal XSSM-G-17 System - Preliminary Edition]
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Jan. 1952
3
2
[A Rocket Engineer's Views on Space Flight by C.C. Ross]
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May 28, 1953
3
3
[R.C. Truax Fitness Reports]
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1955-1959
3
4
Task 1 – 75K Engine, Bob's Desktop File, Phase II
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1955-2000
3
5
[Space Flight Program - Report by the Space Flight Technical Committee of the American Rocket Society]
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1957
3
6
[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Technical Note 4047: A Study of the Motion & Aerodynamic Heating of Missiles Entering the Earth's Atmosphere at High Supersonic Speeds by Allen & Eggers
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Oct. 1957
3
7
All About R.C. Truax
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1957-circa 1992
3
8
Scope and Contents
Various condensed bio's, a reference letter, draft profile for possibly a "Who's Who" publication.
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 - Reference - TEI General
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3
9
Reports from Minneapolis – Honeywell Aeronautical Division
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1958-1998
3
10
Miscellaneous Technical Publications and News Clippings
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1958-1999
3
11
Target Configuration No. 5
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1959-2002
3
12
4
1
Gas Gas [aka Vapor-Vapor] Program
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1961
4
2
Technical Manual, Operation-Maintenance, USAF Model SM-65E Missile Weapon System. Diagram Manual Pneumatic System. T.O. 21-SM65E-2D-9-1
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May 1961
4
3
Cost Effectiveness
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1962-1966
4
4
["Sea Dragon" Binder]
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1963
4
5-6
[Technical Manual, Field Maintenance T.O. 2K-LR89-6: Rocket Engine, USAF Model LR89-NA-3 (Rocketdyne) 22 Sept. 1961. Changed 15 Oct. 1963]
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5
1
IAF Article
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circa 1963 - circa 1983
5
2
Scope and Contents
Contains no actual article, just photos (including of Truax receiving the Legion of Merit,) diagrams, test summaries, "Options for a Small Launch Vehicle" possibly a TEI press release?
[Aetron - Proposal Information for Big Boy Test Facility. Dade County, FL]
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Jan. 1964
5
3
Navy BAA / ATD Proposal Oct. 1995
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1964-1998
5
4
Dark Horse
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1965-1967
5
5
[Correspondence re: Seahorse]
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1965-1968
5
6
National Space Policy
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1968-1992
5
7
[NASA Technical Memo X-64711, Compatibility of Materials with Liquid Oxygen, Vol. 1 by C.F. Key, Astronautics Laboratory]
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October 1, 1972
6
1-2
Ken Carter Jump
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1976
6
3
Newspaper Reports of Truax Rocket Projects, mostly if not all in Saratoga
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1977-1989
6
4
[TEI - A Low Cost Manned Space Project]
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circa 1980
6
5
Media Materials
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1980-?
6
6
[Product Information]
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1981
6
7
Draft Input Texts WJSA [W.J. Schafer Associates] Report
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1982-1997
6
8
[Technical Papers by Various Authors (not including Truax)]
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1982-1992
6
9
Joint Venture Agreement between Truax Engineering, Inc. and Fell Peters
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1983
6
10
Articles that Mention TEI
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1983
6
11
Technical Manual: Rocket Engine, USAF Model LR89-NA-5 (Rocketdyne)
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17 March, 1983
6
12
CPIA Publication 398: Propulsion Cost Estimation,1984 JPM Specialist Session
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1984-1988
7
1
X-3
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1984-1988
7
2
[Miscellaneous, Found Loose in Collection]
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1985-1996
7
3
Scope and Contents
Includes a poem, xerox'd images, notes, sections of presentations.
[Space] Shuttle Data
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1986, 1996-1997
7
4
Mars II Data
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1987
7
5
New SWEER Article & Other Newspaper Articles
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1987-1995
7
6
Official Replies
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7
7
Miscellaneous Papers – Balzer, Greg
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1988-1989
7
8
Scope and Contents
Includes mostly diagrams and the manual "Ship Equipement Configuration Accounting System" by Dept. of Navy, Sea Systems Command.
Space Based Laser - Reference - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1988, 1996
7
9
Paper on RAND [Research ANd Development] and Comments
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1988-1997
7
10
Scope and Contents
Includes "H.M.S. Moon Rocket" by Tony Reichhardt & "RAND's Role in the Evolution of Balloon and Satellite Observation Systems and Related U.S. Space Technology" by Davies and Harris.
By-Laws of TEI. Admin./Corp. Matters - TEI General
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1989
7
11
SEALAR Program Reports
Archival Resource Key
1989, 1991
8
1
[TEI Miscellaneous Memos & Correspondence]
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1989-2000
8
2
Recovery Tech. Info
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1990
8
3
[Sea Dragon in the Manned Mars Mission Materials]
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1990
8
4
"A Historical Look at United States Launch Vehicles, 1967-Present"
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1990
8
5
Scope and Contents
A binder of collected data on various rockets such as Thor, Titan, Atlas, Delta, etc.
[Proposal for Launch Segment Services for the Iridium Satellite System by TEI]
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Dec. 10, 1990
8
6
[Binder of Miscellaneous Notes]
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circa 1990 - circa 1998
8
7
ITAR
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1990, 1991, 2001
8
8
[Materials re: SEALAR]
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1991
8
9
Marketing
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1991
8
10
Development Idea & Concepts
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1991
8
11
X-3 Data
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1991
8
12
[Truax Engineering Inc. Business Plan, January 18, 1991 - Mock-Up]
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9
1
Pacific Missile Range Facility, Range User's Handbook
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Sept. 1991
9
2
[SEALAR Program Final Report. Conducted for U.S. Naval Research Lab, Dec. 15, 1991]
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9
3
Misc. Misc.
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1991-1993
9
4
Scope and Contents
Business/financial related correspondence.
New Coml. Bus. [Commercial Business?]
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1991-1995
9
5
Copias de Papeles [Copies of Papers] del Bob
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1991, 1995
9
6
SEALAR PDR Jan. 23, 1991
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1991, 1999
9
7
Scope and Contents
Possibly this is supossed to say "PRD" for Program Requirements Document?
[Truax Engineering Inc. Info/History]
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circa 1991-1999
9
8
Miscellaneous Technical
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1991-2000
9
9
SEALAR Miscellaneous Admin. - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1991, 2001
9
10
[Truax Engineering Inc. Business Miscellaneous]
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1991-2004
9
11
Scope and Contents
Mostly correspondence, with notes and prepared statements?
Malewicki, Doug / Robosaurus
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1992, 1998
10
1
Loans
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1992?, 2000
10
2
All About TEI
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1993
10
3
Scope and Contents
Copies of a short piece of writing called "A Word About Truax Engineering."
[Draft, Research Report No. AU-ARI-93-XX: LEO [Low Earth Orbit] on the Cheap, Methods for Achieving Drastic Reductions in Space Launch Costs by John R. London III, Lt. Col, USAF]
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July 1993
10
4
Miscellaneous Tech Data / Tech Info & Cost
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1993-2001
10
5
[Truax Engineering Inc. - A New Kind of Naval Warfare / Synopsis: A Sea-Launched Global Munitions Delivery System]
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1995
10
6
Tarbaby/BMDO Target Carrier
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1995
10
7
CIA Cold War Records: CORONA: America's First Satellite Program, Kevin C. Ruffner, Editor. 1995
Archival Resource Key
10
8
[An Orbital Launch Vehicle for Military Purposes by TEI]
Archival Resource Key
April 1995
10
9
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Space-Based Laser for Theater Missile Defense. Unclassified Portion of the Cost Analysis Requirements Document
Archival Resource Key
July 6, 1995
10
10
TEI - Strategic Bombing in the 21st Century
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 1995
10
11
Miscellaneous Materials, CORONA
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1995-1996
11
1
Scope and Contents
Includes a technical review draft, xeroxs of newspaper and magazine articles and a paper called "Reducing the Cost of Space Launch."
Theater Missile Defense Target - Reference - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1995, 1999
11
2
Fire Meyer (?)
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1995, 2001
11
3
Excalibur
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1996
11
4
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, calculations, correspondence, design description.
Bantam Briefing
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1996
11
5
Miscellaneous Correspondence. Excalibur 75K Engine - Schafer
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1996
11
6
Excalibur (General Information) - Technical - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1996
11
7
NASA Prog. Bantam Lifter
Archival Resource Key
1996
11
8
[X-34 Test-Bed Technology Demonstration Vehicle Proposal by TEI]
Archival Resource Key
May 10, 1996
11
9
[Bantam System Technology Project Proposal by TEI]
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June 6, 1996
11
10
[A Proposal to Provide a Technology Demonstration & Concurrent Design Program to Prove the Financial & Technical Feasibility of the Launch, Recovery & Relaunch of a Pressure Fed Sub Orbital Test Bed Utilizing the Corporal Rocket by TEI]
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Aug 1996
11
11
M-1 Costs via NASA File Notes
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11
12
Scope and Contents
Compiled 1996.
W.J. Schafer Associates Correspondence - Consultant Agreement Contract
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1996-1997
11
13
W.J. Schafer Associates Correspondence - Sub-Contract N. SDIO84-92-c-0008
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1996-1997
12
1
Talk
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1996-1998
12
2
Scope and Contents
Xeroxed magazine article on Sea Launch, copies of some Truax papers.
Old Notes, 1999-2000, Excalibur, SBIR PH II, Early Target Configs.
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1996-2000
12
3
Contract History
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1996-2001
12
4
Patent / Patent Rights - Reference - TEI General
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1997
12
5
Viewgraphs
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1997
12
6
Scope and Contents
Apparently from various presentations.
[W.J.] Schafer [Associates, Inc. re: Excalibur Contract]
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1997
12
7
[A Conceptual Design Study Report for the Excalibur SBL Launch System Prepared by Study Group led by Capt. R.C. Truax, USN (Ret.)]
Archival Resource Key
Jan. 1997
12
8
[Excalibur RLV Technology Roadmap (120,000 lbs to LEO) Prepared for NASA MSFC Preliminary Design Group by TEI]
Archival Resource Key
July 27, 1997
12
9
W.J. Schafer Associates Report. SBIR - Phase I
Archival Resource Key
Aug. 8, 1997
12
10
NASA - Correspondence - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1997-1998
12
11
Monthly Progress Reports
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1997-1998
12
12
Bantam Lifter, TEI General - Reference
Archival Resource Key
1997-1998
12
13
Test Stand Design (Mason/Socorro), 75K Engine, AFRL SBIR Contract – Phase II
Archival Resource Key
1997, 1999
12
14
Injector Design (TEI) - Technical - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1998
13
1
AFRL SBIR Progress Report Phase I
Archival Resource Key
1998
13
2
Knievel Biography – [Eric] Shepard [Producer, E! TV] - Personal. R.C. Truax
Archival Resource Key
1998
13
3
Phase I SBIR Correspondence - Contract N.F29601-98-c-0112
Archival Resource Key
1998
13
4
Presentations, Misc. - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1998
13
5
TEI Technical Report #98-01-TB - "Tarbaby" A Cheap, Reusable Target Vehicle for Ballistic Missile Defense Jan. 1998
Archival Resource Key
13
6
[Hard Rocket Conference MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center?) Jan. 13-14, 1998. Conference Materials & Presentations CD-ROM]
Archival Resource Key
13
7
[Advanced Rocket Propulsion Component Technology - Final Report. For: Subcontract Number SC-92-c-04-49. Prepared for Schafer Corp. Report No. TEI 98-5-12]
Archival Resource Key
May 12, 1998
13
8
Company Capabilities Statement. Admin - TEI General [TEI Statement of Past Accomplishments & Technical Capabilities]
Archival Resource Key
March 1998
13
9
TEI [Truax Engineering Inc.] Lattice Injector Design, Technical, TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1998-1999
13
10
Phase II SBIR Contract w/AFRL, F29601-98-C-0212, Effective Date 01 Dec 1998
Archival Resource Key
1998, 2000
13
11-12
[CORONA Papers]
Archival Resource Key
1998-2003
14
1
SOW's Future Contracts. Admin. - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1999
14
2
[Excalibur XS Target Carrier Posters Signed by R.C. Truax]
Archival Resource Key
1999
14
3
[TEI - AFRL/VS Briefing]
Archival Resource Key
Feb. 1999
14
4
[TEI. 2nd Quarter 1999 Status Report - Phase II SBIR - Contract F29601-98-c-0212]
Archival Resource Key
July 10, 1999
14
5
[TEI. 3rd Quarter 1999 Status Report - Phase II SBIR - Contract F29601-98-c-0212]
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 10, 1999
14
6
[TEI. Task 7-Vapor Pressurization. 4th Quarter 1999 Status Report - Phase II SBIR - Contract F29601-98-c-0212]
Archival Resource Key
Dec. 26, 1999
14
7
Burt Rutan - General. TEI General
Archival Resource Key
1999-2000
14
8
Correspondence to TEI, AFRL SBIR – Phase II
Archival Resource Key
1999-2000
14
9-10
Term. [Termination] & Prior
Archival Resource Key
1999-2002
14
11
Tech Data TRX100
Archival Resource Key
2000
14
12
75K LBF Preburner Assembly, Test Article. Final Assembly Drawing Phase II SBIR
Archival Resource Key
2000
14
13
[PMRF (Pacific Missile Range Facility) Briefing on "Excalibur" Dec. 5, 2000]
Archival Resource Key
15
1
KACST, R.C. Truax
Archival Resource Key
2000-2001
15
2
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, operation sequences/workflows, correspondence, calculations, test plans.
Notes, Performance Data, LO TPIPT Old Schedules
Archival Resource Key
2000-2001
15
3-4
Scope and Contents
Also includes correspondence, PowerPoint presentations, papers, TEI annual report, engineering monthly report, memos, drawings.
[Truax Engineering Meeting Notes and Memos]
Archival Resource Key
2000-2003
15
5
CDRL B001
Archival Resource Key
2001
15
6
Stennis E-Complex
Archival Resource Key
15
7
Bantam Lifter Turki Rocket
Archival Resource Key
circa 2001
15
8
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, calculations, printed photos.
Launch Cost as a Function of Vehicle Reliability by Turner & Wertz
Archival Resource Key
Circa 2001
16
1
Pre-Phase III [Progress, Status & Management Reports for Phase III SBIR 1st-3rd Quarters]
Archival Resource Key
2001
16
2
[TEI - Excalibur "L" A Non-Nuclear Strategic Deterrent (NNSD) by Capt. R.C. Truax, USN Ret. ]
Archival Resource Key
June 2007
16
3
Phase III Before 4th Q [Excalibur Integrated Hot Fire Test Plan/Procedures, Modified LR89 Engine]
Archival Resource Key
July 16, 2001
16
4
TEI - A Proposed Business Plan for "American Spacelines"
Archival Resource Key
Oct. 2001
16
5
Schafer Inventory [Information Matrix re: Schafer Corp. Hardware - Major Hardware Only]
Archival Resource Key
Nov. 2001
16
6
NNICBM (WWW) [War Without Wings]
Archival Resource Key
2001-2002
16
7
Turki [Turki-al-Saud]
Archival Resource Key
2001-2002
16
8
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, parts list & costs, calculations and a diagram.
Form 1437
Archival Resource Key
2001-2002
16
9
New Co. [Company?] Commercial Business Money Raising
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
10
X-4 Tech [Drawings]
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
11
Spaceline
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
12
Internal TEI Financial Matters
Archival Resource Key
2002
16
13
TEI Letters from Big Shots
Archival Resource Key
2002-2003
16
14
[Darrell] Issa UTTAS [Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System]
Archival Resource Key
2004
16
15
Articles that Mention Bob
Archival Resource Key
2005
16
16
[Spiral Notebook of Calculations]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
17
LORD Briefing
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
18
Scope and Contents
Transparencies, 35mm negatives.
CAL [California] Court Case, Lease Termination
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UNDATED
16
19
Some Weird Rockets [I Have Known,] Original
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UNDATED
16
20
Scope and Contents
Figures to be used in a publication?
Steam Rockets
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
21
Scope and Contents
Includes the paper "Hot Water Rockets, Development and Applications" by RC Truax.
Small Sounding Rocket (TEI) - Technical. TEI General
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
22
Old TEI Documents (Logo, etc.) - Admin. TEI General
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
23
Proposal Pieces
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
24
Low-Cost Launch Vehicle - Reference - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
25
RCT [Robert C. Truax] Bio's
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
26
[Stationary?]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
27
Miscellaneous Illustrations
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
16
28
Seahorse D (TEI Design) - Technical - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
1
Small Launch Vehicle Options (Air Force) Briefing - TEI General
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
2
RSLP Business Plan by Space & Missile System Center
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
3
Color Copies
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
4
Scope and Contents
Color xeroxes of photos of rockets and equipement.
NNICBM Brief Charts
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
5
[A Business Plan for World Spacelines Offered by Truax Engineering, Inc.]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
6
Propellant
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
7
TEI - Venus [Vapor-Pressured Expandable Nozzle Upper Stage,] an ASPS Proposal
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
8
[Aerojet-General Corporation. Sacramento Plant - Saturated Propellants for Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines by Truax, Sprow & LaBotz]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
9
[Why the Moon... & Beyond. A Synopsis by Arthur C. Clarke]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
10
[Preliminary Design of a 350 lb Thrust Topping Turbine Rocket Engine ]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
11
Business Cards
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
12
Space Shuttle News Reference [Manual by NASA]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
13
[A Program to Demonstrate the Feasibility of Sea Launch, Recovery, and Reuse of Ballistic Missiles & Space Launch Vehicles ]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
14
TEI Historical Color Viewgraphs
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
17
15
[Miscellaneous Oversize]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
26
Scope and Contents
Rolled drawing removed from "X-3 Center Section" folder in Box 19; "Seahorse" decals; damaged paper articles from Omni, Newsweek, etc.; Truax's BS in Aeronautical Engineering; Group photo of Project Private Enterprise, with signatures, marked 1980; newspaper articles about Truax mounted on cardboard.
Papers Authored by R.C. Truax
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1938-2002
18-19
[Miscellaneous Papers/Speeches/Articles by R.C. Truax]
Archival Resource Key
1938-2002
18
1-5
[The Hydrogen-Peroxide Topping-Turbine Rocket Engine Article & Drawings by R.C. Truax]
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1948-circa 1956
18
6
Means for Making the Guided Missile Submarine A Primary Naval Weapon by R.C. Truax, CDR. USN
Archival Resource Key
1955
18
7
Dawn of the Space Age by Robert C. Truax, Commander, USN
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1955
18
8
Low Pressure Rockets [Speech/Paper] by Cmdr. R.C. Truax, USN
Archival Resource Key
June 1957
18
9
Rocket Engines for Outer Space by Cmdr. R.C. Truax, USN
Archival Resource Key
1957
18
10
From Airlines to Spacelines? R.C. Truax Papers
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1963
18
11
The Pressure-Fed Booster – Dark Horse of the Space Race R.C. Truax, TEI
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1968
18
12
End of the Space Age? R.C. Truax Papers
Archival Resource Key
Dec. 1972
18
13
[The Non-Nuclear ICBM - A Weapons System for the Post Cold-War Era by Capt. R.C. Truax, USN (Ret.) A Paper Presented at the US Naval Postgraduate School]
Archival Resource Key
March 12, 1991
19
1
NNOBM [Non-Nuclear Orbital Bombardment] Manuscript
Archival Resource Key
1991
19
2
Scope and Contents
Paper title: "Non-Nuclear Orbital Bombardment System."
[Draft: The Real Problem of National Security and A Simple Solution by R.C. Truax, 8/1/95]
Archival Resource Key
19
3
Bob's Papers
Archival Resource Key
1998, 2001
19
4
Scope and Contents
"The Future of Earth-to-Orbit Propulsion," "Critique of Cellular Rocket Concept," "War Without Wings."
Critique of the Cellular Rocket Concept a Paper by R.C. Truax (Unpublished), Rev. 5.0 – Dated 2/99
Archival Resource Key
19
5
[Winged Vs. Ballistic Recovery of Reusable Launch Vehicles by Capt. R.C. Truax - A Paper Given at the 2000 Core Technologies for Space Systems Conference Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2000 Colorado Springs, CO]
Archival Resource Key
19
6
Truax Papers, January 2002
Archival Resource Key
19
7
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a compilation of written documents by Truax during his tour at KACST during Jan 2002.
Evolution of Pump-Fed Rocket Engines by R.C. Truax
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
19
8
Assured Access to Space by R.C. Truax, TEI
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
19
9
The Launch Vehicle Crises [by R.C. Truax?]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
19
10
[Some Weird Rockets I Have Known by Capt. R.C. Truax, USN (Ret.)]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
19
11
Cheap Transportation for Cheap Satellites by Capt. R.C. Truax
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
19
12
Drawings
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1939-2002
19-21
[Miscellaneous Drawings]
Archival Resource Key
1939-1999
19
13-14
Scope and Contents
These drawings were found loose in the collection (unlike the other "Miscellaneous Drawings" file unit that Truax named and created.) They include drawings with blank title blocks, drawings created by other companies and some only partially identified TEI drawings.
Forward Section
Archival Resource Key
1978, ?
19
15
X-3 Center Section
Archival Resource Key
1980
19
16
Scope and Contents
Oversized rolled drawing originally here removed and placed in Box 26.
Historical Prop Valve
Archival Resource Key
1980
19
17
Scope and Contents
Transfer Sleeve Assembly & Details, Cover Instrument Package SEALAR, Container Instrument Panel SEALAR, and 1 unnamed drawing.
Transfer Sleeve Assembly & Details
Archival Resource Key
1980
20
1
Transfer Sleeve 1005-7 / 1005-22
Archival Resource Key
1980
20
2
Center Section
Archival Resource Key
1980
20
3
Engine Section
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
20
4
[Missing Label]
Archival Resource Key
1980, 1989
20
5
Recovery System
Archival Resource Key
1980-1990
20
6-7
[Temporary Drawing - Round Intake G8-2-130]
Archival Resource Key
1984?
20
8
Inflatable Nozzle [Drawings]
Archival Resource Key
1991
21
1
My Sketches Vol. II
Archival Resource Key
1991-1999
21
2
Extra Excalibur Drawings
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1996
21
3
75K Injector Drawings. Bob's Desktop File - Phase II
Archival Resource Key
1998
21
4
[Drawings for Contract F04701-00-D-0204]
Archival Resource Key
21
5
Miscellaneous Drawings
Archival Resource Key
2002
21
6
Scope and Contents
TEI engine, fuel tank, bracket and unidentified drawings.
Project Private 1005-24 / 1005-38
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
21
7
Astronaut Section Capsule
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
21
8
Images
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
3.6 Linear feet
(1 legal size box, 1 slim legal size box, 3 8x6x12 shoeboxes)
1937-2000
21-25
Slides
4.1
Archival Resource Key
1937-1999
Old Slides, Annapolis to Knievel
Archival Resource Key
1937-1987
21
9
TEI Slides
Archival Resource Key
1966-1997
21
10
[Apollo / Gemini]
Archival Resource Key
1969-1972
21
11
Project Private Enterprise, X-3 Slides
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1977 - Circa 1985
21
12-13
SEALAR
Archival Resource Key
1989
22
1
3rd Quarter Status Report, SBIR Phase II (not used in PPt)
Archival Resource Key
Circa 1999
22
2
[Two Glass Mounted Slides]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
22
3
Photos, Negatives & Floppy Discs
4.2
Archival Resource Key
1943-2000
[Miscellaneous Negatives]
Archival Resource Key
1943-1950
22
4
Legion of Merit Ceremony Photos
Archival Resource Key
1945, 1957
22
5
Old Photographs
Archival Resource Key
1951, 1996
22
6
American Spaceline Figures - A Business Plan for Getting Sponsors For Our X-Prize Entry, Sept. 18, 2000
Archival Resource Key
22
7
[Miscellaneous 5x7 Prints]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
22
8
[Group Photo]
Archival Resource Key
UNDATED
22
9
[Photo Prints & Negatives]
Archival Resource Key
23-25
Scope and Contents
Evel Knievel, Surface Effect Ship (SE5) Project - 71, SEALAR, SEALAR Days, X-3 Failure, Truax Engineering, Turki Stand Progress 9-29-99, Rancherous Shop, Report 10-26-99, [Misc.], [Misc. Negatives] and [Floppy Discs.]