Difference between revisions of "List of Propulsion Systems"
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==Moon launched== | ==Moon launched== | ||
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*Chemical Propellants<br>(see [[In Situ Propellant Production]]) | *Chemical Propellants<br>(see [[In Situ Propellant Production]]) | ||
*[[Maglev]] launcher -- a la Gerard O'Neill and/or Heinlein | *[[Maglev]] launcher -- a la Gerard O'Neill and/or Heinlein | ||
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*[[SCRAMJet]]<BR/> | *[[SCRAMJet]]<BR/> | ||
*[[Space Elevator]]<BR/> | *[[Space Elevator]]<BR/> | ||
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*[[Rockoon 'Rockets launched from balloons']]<BR/> | *[[Rockoon 'Rockets launched from balloons']]<BR/> | ||
*[[Tether]]<BR/> | *[[Tether]]<BR/> | ||
Revision as of 20:06, 18 September 2011
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Moon launched
- Mass Driver
- Chemical Propellants
(see In Situ Propellant Production) - Maglev launcher -- a la Gerard O'Neill and/or Heinlein
- Ring launch or line launch
Earth launched
- Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
- ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace
- PDE, Pulse Detonation Engine
- SCRAMJet
- Space Elevator
- Rockoon 'Rockets launched from balloons'
- Tether
- Inverted-aerobraking
- Momentum from GTO
Interplanetary Transfer
- Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
- Nuclear -- Orion.
- Magnetoplasma
- Ion propulsion
