List of Propulsion Systems
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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
Tether
Inverted-aerobraking
Momentum from GTO
Earth Moon Transfer
Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
Nuclear -- Orion.
Magnetoplasma
Ion
Tether