Title :
From surface to orbit
Author :
Olah, Andras Bela
Author_Institution :
SUT Res. Lab., Corvinus Univ. of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
Space travel is highly expensive and has significant limitations. Among all space activities the process of travelling from the surface to orbit requires the greatest amount of energy, materials and cost. Basically even today, more than 61 years after the first artificial satellite was set to orbit, these difficulties have been the greatest barriers of the dawn of the real space age.
Keywords :
Earth orbit; aerospace propulsion; artificial satellites; jet engines; propellants; artificial satellite; atmosphere air drag; cargo; distance 2000 km to 5000 km; earth surface; elastic material; electric energy; escape velocity; heat resistant material; high powered electric engine; high powered laser; jet engine; material cost; mechanical propellant; orbit; remote propulsion; rocket fuel; rocket propulsion; rotor; space shuttle; space travel; space travelling; space vehicle; vacuum tunnel; velocity 8 km/s to 10 km/s; Acceleration; Electron tubes; Rockets; Space exploration; Space vehicles; Affordable and novel launch systems;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9617-4
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2011.5966922
