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A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the SpacecoachPropulsion

A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the Spacecoach: Propulsion [The spacecoach design pattern utilizes electric propulsion, in combination with consumable waste streams such as water, carbon dioxide and gasified waste as propellant. This results in greatly reduced mass budgets by eliminating the need for external stages for the interplanetary legs of a journey, while the increased exhaust velocity enables the ship to achieve the high delta-v requirements for destinations throughout the inner Solar System.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the SpacecoachPropulsion

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Author(s) 2016
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978-3-319-22676-7
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11 –26
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10.1007/978-3-319-22677-4_3
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[The spacecoach design pattern utilizes electric propulsion, in combination with consumable waste streams such as water, carbon dioxide and gasified waste as propellant. This results in greatly reduced mass budgets by eliminating the need for external stages for the interplanetary legs of a journey, while the increased exhaust velocity enables the ship to achieve the high delta-v requirements for destinations throughout the inner Solar System.]

Published: Sep 16, 2015

Keywords: Specific Impulse; Artificial Gravity; Spacecraft Design; Exhaust Velocity; Chemical Propulsion

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