drag losses
1Gravity drag — In astrodynamics and rocketry, gravity drag (or gravity losses) is the difference between the delta v expended and the actual change in speed achieved by a spacecraft thrusting while in a gravitational field.Gravity losses depend on the time over …
2Other Losses — Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans after World War II   Author(s) …
3boundary-layer drag — A drag associated with losses of total pressure and total temperature in the boundary layers. It is the sum of the boundary layer normal pressure drag and the surface friction …
4Fuel economy-maximizing behaviors — (also known as green driving) describe techniques that drivers can use to optimize their automobile fuel economy. The energy in fuel consumed in driving is lost in many ways, including engine inefficiency, aerodynamic drag, rolling friction, and… …
5Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …
6Gravity turn — A gravity turn or zero lift turn is a maneuver (see trajectory optimization) used in launching a spacecraft into, or descending from, an orbit around a celestial body such as a planet or a moon. This launch trajectory offers two main advantages… …
7Low-energy vehicle — A Low energy vehicle is any type of vehicle that uses less energy than a regular petroleum fuel vehicle. Higher efficiency can be achieved by changing the vehicle s design, and/or by modifying its powertrain. Energy consumption as low as 5 12.5… …
8Criticism of sport utility vehicles — A Ford Excursion SUV next to a Toyota Camry …
9Mass driver — For fictional mass drivers, see List of electromagnetic projectile devices in fiction. Artist s conception of a mass driver for lunar launch A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non rocket spacelaunch which would use… …
10Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer — The Gravity Field and Steady State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is an ESA satellite to be launched 27 October 2008 at 15:21 CET [cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GOCE/SEMRGH6EJLF 0.html|title=GOCE team gearing up for new launch… …
