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Latest revision as of 14:44, 23 April 2024

Energy is gathered from the surrounding environment, and used to expel reaction mass for thrust.

If the power supply is solar panels gathering electricity, you have a solar-electric rocket system. The power supply dominates vehicle performance in this case, and any of a variety of electric thrusters may be used, such as:

Ion Engine

If the power supply is a 'windmill', extracting energy from the flow of surrounding space plasma past the vehicle, you have:

q-drive