Difference between revisions of "List of Propulsion Systems"
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==Moon launched== | ==Moon launched== | ||
| + | *Chemical Propellants<br>(see [[In Situ Propellant Production]]) | ||
| + | *[[Driving on the Moon#Galactic Wheeled Vehicle Speed Record|Wheel rolling at orbital speed]] | ||
| + | *[[Hydrogen Gas Gun]] | ||
| + | *[[Lunar Electrothermal Oxygen Rocket]] | ||
| + | *[[Lunar Rocket-sled to Orbit]] | ||
*[[Mass Driver]]<BR/> | *[[Mass Driver]]<BR/> | ||
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*[[Maglev]] launcher -- a la Gerard O'Neill and/or Heinlein | *[[Maglev]] launcher -- a la Gerard O'Neill and/or Heinlein | ||
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*[[Ring launch]] or [[line launch]] | *[[Ring launch]] or [[line launch]] | ||
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| − | + | [[Category:Space Transport]] | |
==Earth launched== | ==Earth launched== | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 9 May 2012
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Moon launched
- Chemical Propellants
(see In Situ Propellant Production) - Wheel rolling at orbital speed
- Hydrogen Gas Gun
- Lunar Electrothermal Oxygen Rocket
- Lunar Rocket-sled to Orbit
- Mass Driver
- 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
