chemical propulsion system
1Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center — at Johns Hopkins University DTIC IAC overview Preceding agencies Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA), 1962 Liquid Propellant Informati …
2Helios (propulsion system) — A precursor concept to the Orion project, Helios is a spacecraft propulsion system that postulated detonating small, 0.1 kiloton nuclear bombs into a chamber roughly 130 feet in diameter. Water would be injected into the chamber, super heated by… …
3System-specific impulse — The term System specific Impulse, I ssp is mostly used to describe the performance of jet propulsion systems. A reference number is introduced, which defines the total impulse, I tot, delivered by the system, divided by the system mass, m PS: I… …
4Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …
5Electrothermal-chemical technology — Electrothermal chemical (ETC) technology is an attempt to increase accuracy and muzzle energy of future tank, artillery, and close in weapon system [cite book | first=Dr Norman|last=Friedman| coauthors=David K Brown, Eric Grove, Stuart Slade,… …
6Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) — An artist s conception of the NASA reference design for the Project Orion spacecraft powered by nuclear propulsion. Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the… …
7rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
8Nuclear pulse propulsion — An artist s conception of the Project Orion basic spacecraft, powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Nuclear pulse propulsion (or External Pulsed Plasma Propulsion, as it is termed in one recent NASA document[1]) is a proposed method of spacecraft… …
9Nuclear propulsion — includes a wide variety of propulsion methods that fulfil the promise of the Atomic Age by using some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source. Contents 1 Surface ships and submarines 2 Cars 3 Aircraft …
10Laser propulsion — is a form of Beam powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote (usually ground based) laser system. This form of propulsion differs from a conventional chemical rocket where both energy and reaction mass come from the solid or liquid… …
