Now that we’ve examined rocket theory, potential, and limitations, we are ready to consider some of the alternatives to this mode of propulsion. If our spacecraft is ground-launched, we might consider a jet as the first stage, where oxygen is ingested from the air instead of carried on board. Other launch alternatives include igniting the rocket while it is suspended from a high-altitude balloon or accelerating it upon a magnetically levitated track prior to ignition.
Non-Rocket In-Space Propulsion
Solar Sails ; Chapter : 4 ; 35-46
2008-01-01
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Solar Wind , International Space Station , Plasma Propulsion , Solar Sail , Tethered Satellite Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Popular Science, general , Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) , Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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