Robert J. Chassell wrote: > > * An air-augmented chemical rocket. Currently, rockets carry all > the oxygen they need with them. An air-augmented chemical rocket > operates part of the time as a ram jet, taking in oxygen from the > atmosphere. This reduces the mass of oxidizer the rocket must > carry. > I don't see - philosophically - how this can be an advantage. "Ramming" air is essentially a collision problem, that significantly reduces the speed of the rocket. If you carry the oxigen with yourself, it is moving with the speed of the rocket.
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