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How to collect iron from the ground
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Impulse Engine Introduction
Impulse Engine
Provides propulsion for spacecraft using material available on the Moon - iron. Rocks brought back from the Apollo mission shows that iron is abundant on the Moon and easily harvested.
Principles of Operation
Impulse Engine is an electromagnetic accelerator, and it accelerates solid iron piece to the speed of a bullet.
The reaction of the acceleration produces thrust for spacecraft.
Energy source for Impulse Engine can be on board solar panels or nuclear reactor.
Iron mass is called reaction mass.
Read more about how each components work
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