propulsion
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Its service module, providing propulsion and power, was developed by the European Space Agency, with Airbus serving as lead contractor.
Additionally, the moon is home to water ice, which can be used for rocket propulsion, as well as rare earth minerals such as lithium, platinum and other materials critical to electronics and clean energy technology.
From BBC
The ship and three others still under construction are smaller than CalMac's last new vessel, the dual-fuel Glen Sannox, and use a conventional diesel-electric propulsion system with some battery power available while manoeuvring.
From BBC
Voyager can build space station modules and habitats as well as propulsion and communications technologies.
From Barron's
Artemis 2 will then follow a so-called "free-return" trajectory, designed to use the Moon's gravity to send it back towards Earth without propulsion.
From Barron's
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