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ReviewResearch (Washington, D.C.)2026

Progress and Bottlenecks in Large-Scale Commercial Space Transportation Systems.

Xiaowei Wang, Zhengyu Song, Weimin Bao

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Review in Research (Washington, D.C.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xiaowei WangChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-1780
Zhengyu SongChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8011-4195
Weimin BaoChina Association of Science and Technology, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With global space activities shifting from an exploration-oriented focus to large-scale development and utilization, low-cost, "airline-mode", and high-capability space transportation capabilities have become the critical foundation for supporting the construction of space infrastructure and the flourishing of the space economy. This paper targets the "dual-hundredfold" goal, aiming for a hundredfold increase in both payload insertion mass and launch frequency compared to current levels. After analyzing the development trends and challenges of large-scale space transportation systems, key technologies-such as ultra-high-speed re-entry active thermal management, long life-cycle engines, efficient low-temperature propellant transfer control and precise sensing, aerodynamic-assisted orbital maneuvers, aerodynamic and control integration design for the payloads featuring high lift-to-drag ratios and high packing densities, and fully electric-driven pressurization and fluid transport control technologies-are discussed. Breakthroughs in these technologies are expected to revolutionize human access to space, give rise to new intercontinental travel paradigms, and reshape the global technological competition landscape and strategic balance.

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PMID42614702
PMCPMC13483365

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