A transportation network for providing propellant in space can include optical mining vehicles that concentrate solar energy to spall captured asteroids, capture released volatiles, and store them in reservoirs as propellants. The network can also have orbital transfer vehicles that use solar thermal rocket modules that focus solar energy on heat exchangers to force propellant through nozzles, as well as separable aeromaneuvering tanker modules with reusable heatshields and storage tanks. The network can have propellant depots positioned between Earth and a transport destination. The depots can mechanically couple to accept propellant delivery and to supply it to visiting space vehicles.


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    Titel :

    OPTICS AND STRUCTURE FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS


    Beteiligte:
    SERCEL JOEL C (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    30.11.2023


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    E21C Bergbau oder Steinbruchbetrieb , MINING OR QUARRYING / F24S Sonnenkollektoren , SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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