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  • Futurism,  Space Exploration

    Non-Rocket Spacelaunch – Advantages and Difficulties of a Launch Loop

    March 19, 2011 /

    Unlike conventional rockets, launch loops can have many launches per hour, independent of weather, and are not inherently polluting. Rockets create pollution such as nitrates in their exhausts due to high exhaust temperature, and can also create greenhouse gases depending on propellant choices. Launch loops require power in the form of electricity and as such it can be clean.

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    Paul Tomaszewski
  • Futurism,  Space Exploration

    Non-Rocket Spacelaunch – Launch Loop

    February 8, 2011 /

    A launch loop (also known as a Lofstrom loop) is a proposed design for a very efficient non-rocket spacelaunch method. It is a much simpler concept than the space elevator, but still more complex than tether propulsion systems such as the rotovator.

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    Paul Tomaszewski

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