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Beamed Energy Propulsion
Here is a NASA report on Beamed Energy Propulsion.
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/c...0150010986.pdf I have a variation on this modality of rocket engine. While the rocket is first climbing through the lower atmosphere there will be significant air gas to run a Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) engine. The high power beam is focused on the ionization chamber of the engine. The fuel becomes ionized air. To drive the MHD magnet there is a simple solar cell electric system. As the rocket enters rarefied air level there needs to be a change to a pressurized gas canister for fuel. Just use something like CarbonDioxide. It will obviously be a small rocket mass system, but it will work. |
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