Difference between revisions of "List of Propulsion Systems"
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*Chemical Propellants<br>(see [[In Situ Propellant Production]]) | *Chemical Propellants<br>(see [[In Situ Propellant Production]]) | ||
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*[[Hydrogen Gas Gun]] | *[[Hydrogen Gas Gun]] | ||
*[[Lunar Electrothermal Oxygen Rocket]] | *[[Lunar Electrothermal Oxygen Rocket]] | ||
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*[[Ring launch]] or [[line launch]] | *[[Ring launch]] or [[line launch]] | ||
*[[Tether]]<BR/> | *[[Tether]]<BR/> | ||
| − | + | *[[Driving on the Moon#Galactic Wheeled Vehicle Speed Record|Wheel rolling at orbital speed]] | |
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==Earth launched== | ==Earth launched== | ||
*[[ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace]]<BR/> | *[[ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace]]<BR/> | ||
Revision as of 15:16, 9 May 2012
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Moon launched
- Chemical Propellants
(see In Situ Propellant Production) - 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
- Tether
- Wheel rolling at orbital speed
Earth launched
- ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace
- Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
- Inverted-aerobraking
- Momentum from GTO
- Orion (CEV)
- PDE, Pulse Detonation Engine
- Rockoon 'Rockets launched from balloons'
- SCRAMJet
- Space Elevator
Interplanetary Transfer
- Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
- Harenobraking
- Ion propulsion
- Inverted-aerobraking
- Magnetoplasma
- Momentum from GTO
- Nuclear -- Orion.
- Solar sail
- Tether
- VASIMR
