The ramjet is a device for using the interstellar hydrogen as a means for propulsion. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
These fields are maintained by a "ramjet" effect, energy picked up from interstellar gas as we mosey along. From Wordnik.com. [The Forever War]
AI's Orion ramjet jumpstart supernova surf return. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Robots - Martin H. Greenberg and Isaac Asimov and Charles G. Waugh] Reference
There are a lot of ways to design a Bussard ramjet. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
Making a Bussard ramjet was no task for primitives. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
The rim wall ramjet motors cannot be moved by muscle. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
"I'd think it was a Bussard ramjet," someone interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
You're looking at the barest fringes of a rim wall ramjet. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
It†™ s riding a ramjet mollusk with cold, blue eyes. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2008 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Did her Bussard ramjet accelerate at one gravity all the way?. From Wordnik.com. [A World Out of Time]
If he gains more power, we'll offer him the two hundredth ramjet. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
Oddly enough, the Bussard ramjet effect would improve at such speeds. From Wordnik.com. [A Hole In Space]
Message Bearer's interstellar ramjet had been made from that diagram. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
They were waiting for him when the ramjet touched down at Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Ten Worlds]
Intense study of gossamer flight, ramjet flight, solar-powered flight. From Wordnik.com. [Space]
Maybe like a ramjet they'd gather and eject the dust they drive through. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
He remembered the tricks a Bussard ramjet could play with magnetic fields. From Wordnik.com. [A World Out of Time]
Bussard ramjet - November 28, 2009 added by atkinson | Images mcs+ to rate. From Wordnik.com. [Bussard ramjet | My[confined]Space] Reference
For higher velocities one would need to combine this with the Bussard ramjet. From Wordnik.com. [Plasma Rocket Could Help Pick Up Space Trash | Universe Today] Reference
He'd taken cover behind a thick loop of ramjet and was watching, just watching. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
"Tunesmith, what if you offered him the four hundred and first rim wall ramjet?". From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
It was news to him that the concept of the Bussard ramjet predated his own death. From Wordnik.com. [A World Out of Time]
King's protector servants were to guard the ramjet and the barge while we fought. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
It seems they used a modified ramjet, ion-drive ship, something archaic like that. From Wordnik.com. [Lawnmower Season] Reference
There a pattern of curves that might be the magnetic fields in a Bussard ramjet. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
They'd guard the ramjet, protect it from stray effects of a battle, serving both sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
The first, development of the ramjet, which pushes standard-wing planes up over Mach two. From Wordnik.com. [TOO MANY MURDERS] Reference
The ramjet slid down the hood and jumped through the doorway, reaching for him or his rifle. From Wordnik.com. [Two in Time]
The ramjet was climbing over the hood of the little fun car to get at him. From Wordnik.com. [Two in Time]
By the time we run Out of sun, the Ring is moving through space at Bussard ramjet velocities. From Wordnik.com. [A Hole In Space]
'It's a derated quantum ramjet, adapted for atmospheric flight by using air as a working fluid. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
It ran as a turbojet ... until about Mach 1.5 .... then it became a ramjet. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
I don't think the ramjet is stable either, though the symptoms are slightly different. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
One common engine is the ramjet, which uses the geometry of the engine to slow air down. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Space] Reference
I think ramjet would be safe but I'm also thinking about trying the Mushkin ram at the egg. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
A bunch of Australian bushmen stumbling onto a ramjet and trying to figure out how it works. From Wordnik.com. [Masters of Space] Reference
NEW DELHI: The Army has finally agreed to acquire the indigenous two-stage ramjet 'Akash' missile. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
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