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Hydrogen peroxide helicopter
The rocket launchers and their payloads have
streamlined shape to reduce their aerodynamic drag. Large, low density payload, such as a large telescope or a large greenhouse cannot be transported by the launcher because it generates too much drag. Air breathing engines and stratospheric balloons have been used to reduce the problem, but they are far from perfect. Air breathing engines are expensive, have low thrust-to-weight ratio (about 8) and they overheat in very thin air. Stratospheric balloons are cheap but not reusable. I believe that the best solution is to replace the first stage of the rocket launcher with a helicopter powered by hydrogen peroxide monopropellant turbines. The turbines are placed in the tips of the helicopter blades, so the propellant is compressed by the centrifugal force like the roton propellant. The helicopter flies through the atmosphere slowly, so the aerodynamic drag of its rocket stages and its payload can be ignored even if their shapes are not streamlined. 90% hydrogen peroxide has density of 1400 kg/m^3, specific impulse of 148 seconds at sea level, and exhaust gas temperature of 1015 K. |
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