Difference between revisions of "List of Propulsion Systems"

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==Earth Moon Transfer==
 
==Earth Moon Transfer==
 
[[Nuclear]] -- [[Orion]].<BR>
 
[[Nuclear]] -- [[Orion]].<BR>
[[Ion]]
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[[Ion]]<BR>
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[[Tether]]
  
 
[[Category:Transportation]]
 
[[Category:Transportation]]
 
[[Category:Components]]
 
[[Category:Components]]
 
[[Category:Hardware Plans]]
 
[[Category:Hardware Plans]]

Revision as of 09:54, 1 January 2007

Moon launched

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

Earth Moon Transfer

Nuclear -- Orion.
Ion
Tether