Difference between revisions of "List of Propulsion Systems"
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[[Conventional Chemical]] -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)<BR/> | [[Conventional Chemical]] -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)<BR/> | ||
[[ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace]]<BR/> | [[ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace]]<BR/> | ||
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[[SCRAMJet]]<BR/> | [[SCRAMJet]]<BR/> | ||
[[Space Elevator]]<BR/> | [[Space Elevator]]<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)
ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace
PDRE, Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine
SCRAMJet
Space Elevator
Mass Driver
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
