Method for carrying out space flights utilising solar energy and using electrical drives based on closed H2/O2 circuits and/or H2/O2 refuelling systems

摘要

The use of solar energy for supplying electrical drives of space vehicles has already been considered for a long time. High thrust phases, high terminal velocities and virtually any desired orbits can be designed if the electricity for supplying the electrical motors in high-power systems (turbines, generators etc) is produced by the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen. In contrast to a conventional H2/O2 rocket motor, the reaction product of water is, however, not ejected but is converted back into hydrogen and oxygen again, in the sense of a circuit, utilising solar energy, as a result of which the system is "charged" again. By arranging the energy gathering and acceleration phases one behind the other, any desired orbits and high terminal velocities can thus be achieved. In principle, in order to calculate specific orbits, the separation of energy collection points (so-called tanking systems) and reciprocating-operation space ships is also recommended, which reciprocating-operation space ships exchange water for "fresh" hydrogen and oxygen at the refuelling point at the end of a flight phase in order to be able to fly onwards immediately.