Difference between revisions of "List of Propulsion Systems"
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[[SCRAMJet]]<BR/> | [[SCRAMJet]]<BR/> | ||
[[Space Elevator]]<BR/> | [[Space Elevator]]<BR/> | ||
+ | [[Rockoon 'Rockets launched from balloons']]<BR/> | ||
[[Tether]]<BR/> | [[Tether]]<BR/> | ||
[[Inverted-aerobraking]]<BR/> | [[Inverted-aerobraking]]<BR/> |
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Moon launched
Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
LOX-Aluminium -- derived from lunar oxygen and mined aluminium
LOX-Hydrogen -- derived from polar ice
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)
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