====== SALVAGE SPACE: INTERFACE VEHICLES  ======

===== Launchers / Lifters =====

Single- and multi-stage ground-to-orbit passenger and payload lifters, such as:

**rockets**: single or multi-stage, disposable or re-usable launch vehicles with payload shrouds which may deliver payloads directly to desired altitudes or orbits then de-orbit themselves, or which may boost the payload into low orbit where a second boost then places it into final orbit or trajectory.

**scramjets**: supersonic combustion airbreathing ramjet used to accelerate payloads into low orbit using an airbreathing or atmospheric vehicle which does not leave the atmosphere itself.

**magnetic catapults**: on worlds with suitable geography including high mountains and thin atmospheres, a lot magnetic accelerator can act as a high-speed railgun to boost payloads.

**high-energy laser lifters**: payload capsules can leave the engines at home, and act as a target reflector for laser propulsion provided by ground-based arrays

===== Landers / Re-entry =====

Orbit-to-ground passenger and payload re-entry vehicles, such as:

**capsules**: wrap a payload in heat-shielding, add deorbit thrusters and a parasail or parachutes for an economical way to deliver payloads from space to ground.

**air-bags / ballutes**: Payloads capable of sustaining higher stresses than humans can be delivered to ground using re-entry ballutes and inflatable air-bag systems for touchdowns.

**skycranes**: Large or delicate payloads can be soft-landed using a multi-jet or multi-rocket payload to retro-fire engines, negate as much landing velocity as needed, then lower the payload to ground using a crane-like winch system.

===== Interface / Roundtrip =====

Vehicles capable of round trips from ground-to-orbit then back from orbit-to-ground due to reusable design and turn-around refurbishing support facilities, including:

**shuttles**: aerospace vehicles launched "piggyback" on booster rockets, which return and glide or land under their own power.

**spaceplanes**: aerospace vehicles capable of direct flight from ground to space, and back.

^ LOCATION ^ ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION ^ INTERFACE VEHICLE TYPES ^
| [[Jittania]]            | World                | |
| [[Niecti]]              | Mainworld            | |
| [[Sirona]]              | World                | |
| [[Ekiri]]               | Inner Gas Giant      | |
| [[Nikara]]              | Moon                 | |
| [[Ba Einnen]]           | Moon                 | |
| [[Cuius Ure]]           | Moon                 | |
| [[Ontita]]              | Moon                 | |
| [[Taizu]]               | Moon                 | |
| [[Jaku]]                | Moon                 | |
| [[Babers Einen]]        | Moon                 | |
| [[utasar]]              | Moon                 | |
| [[Vasishka]]            | Moon                 | |
| [[Jiti Psi]]            | Moon                 | |
| [[Seinhren Benen]]      | Moon                 | |
| [[Jahannam]]-[[Argosa]] | Planetary System     | |
| [[Kamse]]               | Moon                 | |
| [[Probuerrim]]          | Outer Gas Giant      | |
| [[Sananda]]             | Moon                 | |
| [[Bukuret]]             | Moon                 | |
| [[Volkdersaener]]       | Moon                 | |

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