non-rocket spacelaunch

It is thought to be possible to achieve non-rocket spacelaunch with this technology.

Other techniques, such as use of a launch loop, have been proposed for non-rocket spacelaunch.

Other non-rocket spacelaunch technologies such as scramjets still fall far short of orbital speed.

Non-rocket spacelaunch alternatives are at the planning stage.

It provides a method of non-rocket spacelaunch.

A SpaceShaft is potential component in non-rocket spacelaunch systems.

Proposed non-rocket spacelaunch ground-assisted launch mechanisms include:

Space elevator is a proposed non-rocket spacelaunch structure (a structure designed to transport material from a celestial body's surface into space).

Non-rocket spacelaunch:

By being mainly located slightly above, on or beneath the ground, a mass driver may be easier to maintain compared with many other structures of non-rocket spacelaunch.

Tensile structures for non-rocket spacelaunch are proposals to use long, very strong cables (known as tethers) to drag a payload into, or fling it toward, space.

A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket spacelaunch which would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds.

Launch loops are intended to achieve non-rocket spacelaunch of vehicles weighing 5 metric tons by electromagnetically accelerating them so that they are projected into Earth orbit or even beyond.

Frederick Pohl, who used the idea in several of his stories, once wrote that, of all the non-rocket spacelaunch concepts, he liked the Lofstrom Loop "best of all."

Liftoff is of two main types: rocket launch (the current conventional method), and non-rocket spacelaunch (where other forms of propulsion are employed, including airbreathing jet engines or other kinds).

Possible ways to deal with these costs would be to build a large number of rockets (economies of scale), employ reusable rockets, In Situ Resource Utilisation, or non-rocket spacelaunch methods such as space elevators.

For passive mass shielding, the required amount could be too heavy to be affordably lifted into space without changes in economics (like hypothetical non-rocket spacelaunch or usage of extraterrestrial resources) - many hundreds of metric tons for a reasonably-sized crew compartment.