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21Fuel efficiency in transportation — This page describes fuel efficiency in means of transportation. For the environmental impact assessment of a given product or service throughout its lifespan, see life cycle assessment. Caveats Comparing Fuel efficiency in transportation is a bit …
22Mass 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… …
23Artillery — For other uses of the term, see Artillery (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancient …
24Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …
25Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket — Artist s impression of several VASIMR engines propelling a craft through space The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro magnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a… …
26Suppressor — Several firearms with detachable suppressors, from top to bottom: An Uzi, An AR 15 variant, A Heckler Koch USP Tactical, A Beretta 92FS, and a SIG Mosquito …
27Tsiolkovsky rocket equation — Tsiolkovsky s rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation is named after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who independently derived it and published in his 1903 work [К. Э. Циолковский, Исследование мировых пространств реактивными приборами, 1903. It is… …
28Interplanetary spaceflight — or interplanetary travel is travel between planets within a single planetary system. In practice, spaceflights of this type are confined to travel between the planets of the Solar System. Current achievements in interplanetary travel Remotely… …
29Gravity assist — In orbital mechanics and aerospace engineering, a gravitational slingshot, gravity assist or swing by is the use of the relative movement and gravity of a planet or other celestial body to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft, typically in… …
30Components of jet engines — Diagram of a typical gas turbine jet engine. Air is compressed by the fan blades as it enters the engine, and it is mixed and burned with fuel in the combustion section. The hot exhaust gases provide forward thrust and turn the turbines which… …
