List of Propulsion Systems
Revision as of 16:42, 18 January 2009 by 76.76.146.52 (→Earth Moon Transfer)
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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
Interplanetary Transfer
- Conventional Chemical -- (links to Astronautix might be useful here)
- Nuclear -- Orion.
- Magnetoplasma
- Ion propulsion