Essays Tagged: "Spacecraft propulsion"

Conceptual Rocket Propulsion Systems.

er, because 100 percent of the mass is converted to energy. Using this type of propulsion, a manned spacecraft would be able to travel to Mars in about 1 month (using only about 10 grams of antiproton ... laser would be needed to propel a large craft though, but microwaves can be used to propel a manned spacecraft. A light craft has been created and tested, but a microwave craft would need an orbiting ...

(3 pages) 59 1 3.9 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

Inability to Explore Deep Space

y. The problem with this is that they don't have enough funds to pull resources together to build a spacecraft and to test on many more. Even with these resources there are a huge number of Environmen ... radiation hazards astronaut's face is serious. Mass and weight are important because the bigger the spacecraft the heavier it's going to be, and the heavier it's going to be, the more power will be ne ...

(7 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Inability to Explore Deep Space

y. The problem with this is that they don't have enough funds to pull resources together to build a spacecraft and to test on many more. Even with these resources there are a huge number of Environmen ... radiation hazards astronaut's face is serious. Mass and weight are important because the bigger the spacecraft the heavier it's going to be, and the heavier it's going to be, the more power will be ne ...

(7 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Space