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)
ATO, Airship To Orbit as per JP Aerospace
PDE, Pulse Detonation 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

• Solar sail
• Tether