Mass drivers Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Mass drivers
# 1574 bysraj@... on July 7, 2006, 9:20 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
Checking for information on Mass Drivers, I find claims that a mass driver can throw objects at 30 Km / s, giving an isp of 3000, as against isp of 400 for LOX / Hydrogen propulsion. Will it be practical to use such mass drivers to move asteroids? And even use them for spacecraft propulsion?