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*PDE's do not carry oxidizer, they burn atmospheric oxygen, making them smaller and lighter boosters than rocket boosters. | *PDE's do not carry oxidizer, they burn atmospheric oxygen, making them smaller and lighter boosters than rocket boosters. | ||
*PDE's, being lighter and smaller, offer cheaper fly-back designs than huge dual propellant booster tanks, again cheapening space access. | *PDE's, being lighter and smaller, offer cheaper fly-back designs than huge dual propellant booster tanks, again cheapening space access. | ||
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| + | *[[List of Propulsion Systems]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:50, 11 May 2012
Pulse Detonation Engines, (PDE's), offer hope for finally achieving the Holy Grail of Citizens' Access to Space, CATS. PDE's are simple air-breathing jet engines offering enormous power and exhaust velocity.
- PDE's are advanced ramjets similar to the V1 Buzzbomb original jet.
- PDE's don't burn kerosene, they explode it in rapid pulsing conflagrations.
- PDE's do not carry oxidizer, they burn atmospheric oxygen, making them smaller and lighter boosters than rocket boosters.
- PDE's, being lighter and smaller, offer cheaper fly-back designs than huge dual propellant booster tanks, again cheapening space access.
