To enable human exploration and survivability in space, we must develop the means to deliver payloads to orbit at a greater capacity than rockets are capable of. The technology that can do this is the Ram Accelerator.

Consider that the mass of a rocket payload is less than 8%, whereas with a ram accelerator the mass of the payload could be 19-50% according to some estimates.
The purpose of the Ram Accelerator Research Program is to solve the remaining engineering problems needed to bring the ram accelerator to the forefront of payload delivery to orbit.

At present the United States has ram accelerator research facilities at the University of Washington in Seattle and Southeastern Louisiana University. However, additional institutions are needed to solve all the engineering problems and infrastructure issues associated with ram accelerators. Therefore, the Ram Accelerator Research Program has established three areas to focus efforts to expand ram accelerator research in the United States.

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