... rocket space technology: being element of military power and threat rocket and space ... in rocket space rasing: too big nuclear bomb demands extreemely big rocket or giant ...
... The Choice of Rocket Fuel . Project Orion . Asteroids . Further reading:. ... Space rockets require not just energy, but also mass , matter ejected backwards, of ... The limiting factor in the operation of rockets is not a shortage of energy but the ...
... 32. Solar Sails . #33. Ion Rockets . ... Next Stop: #33 Ion Rockets . Timeline Glossary Back to the Master List . Author and Curator: Dr. David P. Stern . ...
... The Wind spacecraft. NASA's " Wind " spacecraft was launched 1 November 1994 by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. ... It still carries a large reserve of fuel for its rocket engine and may be sent in the future on a more extensive mission. ...
... At the lift-off moment, that force ceases to act on the rocket: instead, the thrust of the engine now supports the rocket's weight (and if the engine generates a thrust smaller than the weight--less than 120,000 newton--the rocket will not lift off). ...
... It was confirmed in 1959 by a rocket fired into the radiation belt, carrying special photographic film in which the tracks of high-energy protons were recorded: the nose-cone with the film was retrieved and the film was developed and examined. ...