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- adjective Alternative form of
refuellable .
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Scale back the two stage partly cryogenic, partly hypergolic Altair to a single stage, all hypergolic, refuelable and reusable cis-lunar shuttle with 2-3 km/s total delta-v.
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Basically, it is the difference is between landing a few times on the Moon to check off a box before going “on to Mars” or living and working on the Moon, including using its resources to create and extend a reusable, refuelable transportation infrastructure, to allow routine access to any point in cislunar space.
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch 2009
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Add a small hypergolics depot and make both Altair and Orion refuelable.
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A fuel cell is conceptually a refuelable battery, making electricity as a direct product of a chemical reaction.
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I love the idea of making this a refuelable system, so long as the supply ship is either reusable or at least carries sufficient propellant to dispose of itself responsibly!
Plasma Rocket Could Help Pick Up Space Trash | Universe Today 2009
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In addition the reactors these subs have are one-shot - they are designed to match the life of the hull, and are sealed and not refuelable.
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They are refuelable, and they've got some great pilots.
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All the Special Forces assets are air-refuelable, so sometimes -- in some cases you have to have a tanker that's also a penetrator to provide fuel to those other penetrating aircraft.
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We have Air Force MX-53 helicopters that are air-refuelable.
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They are refuelable and they're refuelable by the MC130 Talon airplanes that are also flown by special forces.
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