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1Mass 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… …
2Payload (air and space craft) — In military aircraft or space exploration, the payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or space ship, including as cargo, munitions, scientific instruments or experiments. External fuel, when optionally carried, is also considered part of …
3Mass ratio — Astrodynamics Orbital mechanics Equations …
4Payload fraction — In aerospace engineering, payload fraction is a common term used to characterize the efficiency of a particular design. Payload fraction is calculated by dividing the weight of the payload by the weight of the otherwise empty aircraft when fully… …
5Mass fraction — The mass fraction may refer to: Propellant mass fraction, in aerospace engineering, the amount of mass left behind such as the stages of rockets Payload fraction, also in aerospace engineering, characterizes the efficiency of the mass to be… …
6Propellant mass fraction — In aerospace engineering, the propellant mass fraction is a measure of a vehicle s performance, determined as the portion of the vehicle s mass which does not reach the destination. In a spacecraft, this is an orbit, while for aircraft it is… …
7India and weapons of mass destruction — India Nuclear program start date 1967 First nuclear weapon test 18 May 1974 (Smiling Buddha) …
8Iran and weapons of mass destruction — This article is about Iran and weapons of mass destruction. For Iran s nuclear power program, see Nuclear program of Iran. Weapons of mass destruction …
9North Korea and weapons of mass destruction — North Korea Nuclear program start date 1956 First nuclear weapon test October 9, 2006 Last nuclear test …
10Orders of magnitude (mass) — Iron weights up to 50 kilograms depicted in Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l épicerie et des industries annexes. To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various mass levels between 10−36 kg and 1060 kg …
