Thursday, July 31, 2025

Deep Space Propulsion 2

I thought over my deep space propulsion design and came up with a much better solution. I want to repeat that this propulsion design is not for the first or the second stage of a rocket but the final stage of a rocket to be used on complex trajectory high energy missions. I will be utilizing it on my next article.

The idea is to have a solid booster shell with a gimbled nozzle where the solid propellent is loaded from the opposite end like the loading of the guns. Together with the nozzle it will look like a shorter version of an anti-aircraft gun used by the navy. The magazine bay will house solid propellent blocks. These blocks will be loaded automatically to the solid booster shell and the back cover will be closed and the rocket will be fired. The objective is to achieve reliable high thrust in short duration. The missions approaching the sun would have difficulty keeping the cryogenic propellent cool enough. Additionally, for small rocket stages, the size of the liquid propulsion system would be considerable compared to the propellant tanks. For small maneuvers, ion thrusters would be utilized besides this high thrust staged booster. Therefore, short burn time of a solid booster is not a problem. Multiple solid propellant blocks would allow the multiple burns required for complex deep space missions. The propellant block sizes would be altered to best fit the burn requirements of the mission. Finally, staged solid booster propulsion would be a much reliable and simple solution compared to liquid propulsion alternatives for high energy complex trajectory space missions as a final stage of a rocket.

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