Astrodyne LLC.

Lunar Logistics from the surface to Cislunar space, deep space injection or back to Earth can be achieved with Astro-Drive. Current electromagnetic driver technology can fire a projectile at velocities that exceed any delta V requirements for launching payloads from the Moon to these destinations. The use of a driver eliminates the damaging effects of ejecta from chemical rockets, footage of the Apollo missions shows moon regolith being scoured up and thrown outwards, at escape velocity, effectively sandblasting anything hardy enough not to be completely pulverized. This ejecta forces ascending and descending crafts to operate from a safe distance from any sensitive infrastructure due to potential damage that may result; the use of chemical fuels also increase the risk of damaging payloads during launch because of their inherent desire to explode. These factors increase the amount of supporting infrastructure for the added distance rovers have to move material on the surface, this compounds maintenance schedules and increasing the chances for mechanical failure. An electromagnetic launch system, requiring only electricity for power, can place payloads into orbit without a blast radius or ISRU fuel consumption.