Composites
- Advancements in Kevlar frames, structures, and carbon fiber
- Improves vehicle reliability and safety
- Making structures lighter and stronger
Valveless Pulsejet Engines
- For getting vehicles from static motion to just under Mach 1
- No need to carry expensive oxidizer
- No moving parts for increased durability and reliability
Ramjet Engines
- For flights at speeds from Mach 0.5 to Mach 25 (orbital velocity)
- With no moving parts and thrust increasing with speed, these engines are limited only by the materials used to make them
- Heating is due to atmospheric friction limiting the engines to Mach 25 (orbital velocity)
- No use need for expensive oxidizer
Conventional Rocket Engines
- For speeds between very high Mach numbers (Sub-orbital and Orbital velocity) to escape velocity
- Hydrogen Peroxide (mono-propellant)
- Hydrogen Peroxide and Kerosene (Bi-propellant)
- Hydrogen Peroxide and Hydrazine
- Hydrogen Fuel Rockets using gaseous oxygen as the oxidizer
- Solid Fuels
Unconventional Propulsion
- For traveling between planets and to control vehicles
- Plasma Drives
- Ion Drives
Fuels
- Production from water and sunlight
- Creating new fuels
Electricity Production
- Electricity from sunlight using extremely inexpensive, reliable, and maintenance free components
- Fuel cells and hydrogen electrolysis
Vehicle And Aircraft Design
- High velocity aircraft designs
- Lifting body designs
- High speed and high temperature capable reentry vehicle designs
Gliders And Recovery Systems
- Inflatable Glider
- Lifting Body Designs
- GPS guided recovery system
- Data Telemetry
Manufacturing And Materials Handling Processes
- Working to increase efficiency while minimizing cost and maintaining product integrity
- Manufacturing locally; eliminating outsourcing through labor specialization and robotic labor aided by computerized automated processes
Space Suits And Life Support
- Re-breathers
- Glove ergonomics and cost improvements