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Alton D. Romig Jr.
Alton D. Romig Jr. is an American materials scientist and engineering executive who spent over 30 years at Sandia National Laboratories and led Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works.
Kirsi K. Tikka
Kirsi K. Tikka is a Finnish-born naval architect and maritime-safety engineer who retired in 2019 as a senior ABS executive and was elected a US National Academy of Engineering Foreign Member.
Launch vehicle
A launch vehicle, also known as a space launch vehicle, is a rocket-powered vehicle that carries a spacecraft from Earth into orbit or onto a trajectory beyond it.
Mass driver
A mass driver is an electromagnetic launcher for payloads, proposed by physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in 1974 and studied as a way to launch cargo from the Moon.
Payload
A payload is the useful mass a launch vehicle carries for a customer, such as a satellite, spacecraft, cargo or crew vehicle, or other mission hardware.
Rocket
A rocket is a vehicle or engine that produces thrust by ejecting propellant at high velocity, spanning fireworks, missiles, sounding rockets, and orbital launch vehicles.
Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
A super heavy-lift launch vehicle is a rocket able to place more than roughly 25 to 40 metric tons of payload into low Earth orbit.