US 2017/0320601 A1Published application

Method of Space Travel Using a High Acceleration Thrust Vehicle in Combination with a Plurality of Low Acceleration Thrust Vehicles

OwnerDarrin Taylorinventor

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Abstract

A method of space travel using a high acceleration thrust vehicle in combination with a plurality of low acceleration thrust vehicles. A primary spacecraft has a kinetic launcher that is utilized to discharge a plurality of subsidiary spacecraft in order to navigate the primary spacecraft along a flight path. Each of the plurality of subsidiary spacecraft has a propulsion system, allowing each of the plurality of subsidiary spacecraft to navigate to a refueling point. The refueling point for each of the plurality of subsidiary spacecraft may be a central location or a unique position along a subsequent flight path. Each of the plurality of subsequent spacecraft is then reloaded onto the primary spacecraft or loaded onto a subsequent spacecraft for another voyage. The kinetic launcher can be repositioned in order to control the direction of the acceleration experienced by the primary spacecraft.

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A method of space travel using a high acceleration thrust vehicle in combination with a plurality of low acceleration thrust vehicles, the method comprises the steps of:

A. providing a primary spacecraft, wherein the primary spacecraft comprises a kinetic launcher;
B. providing a plurality of subsidiary spacecraft, wherein each of the plurality of subsidiary spacecraft comprises a propulsion system;
C. loading one of the plurality of subsidiary spacecraft into the kinetic launcher;
D. discharging the subsidiary spacecraft from the kinetic launcher in order to navigate the primary spacecraft about a flight path, wherein the subsidiary spacecraft is launched in a first direction in order to propel the primary spacecraft in a second direction, opposite to the first direction;
E. navigating the subsidiary spacecraft to a refueling point using the propulsion system of the subsidiary spacecraft;
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F. repeating steps C-E for a plurality of remaining spacecraft from the plurality of subsidiary spacecraft.

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