美国《航空航天技术周刊》2015年7月24日报道称,美国逃逸动力公司最近提出在地面发射微波束加热推进剂,为小型单级入轨可重复使用空天飞行器提供动力的技术方案,开辟了高功率微波技术航天应用的一条新途径。方案构想利用地面高功率微波发射器向飞行器下部的碳化硅热交换器发射微波,同时将低温氢气泵入 American Aerospace Technology Weekly reported on July 24, 2015 that American Escape Power recently proposed a technical solution to launch a microwave beam heated propellant on the ground to provide power for a small, single-stage, orbiting, reusable spacecraft. A New Way for Aerospace Applications of High Power Microwave Technology. The concept of the program uses ground high power microwave transmitters to emit microwaves to the silicon carbide heat exchangers in the lower part of the aircraft while pumping low temperature hydrogen into