Infrastructure · Orbital & Surface Infrastructure · Concept
Mass Driver
An electromagnetic catapult that accelerates payloads to high speed along a track — proposed especially on the Moon, where the low gravity and airlessness would let a mass driver launch mined material into space without rockets.
Worlds, stations & materials
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupOrbital & Surface Infrastructure
- Associated withThe Moon
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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