APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A SPACECRAFT AND A FLUID PROPELLANT FROM THE EARTH TO A SUBSTANTIALLY LOW GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT ABOVE THE EARTH

摘要

apparatus for transporting a starship (28) and a fluid propellant from the ground up in an environment of low gravity substantially above the earth with a load substantially reduced the starship due to forces on the fluid in the propellant transport.the apparatus comprises a vehicle for transporting a fluid propellant from the starship and the earth in an environment of low gravity substantially above the earth's surface; a plurality of external tanks (20, 24, 26) disposed inside of the vehicle concerned. so the starship.fluid containing the propellant and the vehicle carries the starship and the fluid propellant from the earth to the environment of low gravity substantially above the earth's surface; a plurality of fuel tanks (30, 32, 34.(36) the starship arranged within it to receive and contain a fluid propellant; and means for transferring the fluid propellant tanks tanks external to the starship in the environment of low gravity substantially above the ground.