Superconductive Hypersonic Liquefaction Nosecone

Abstract

An apparatus and method for mitigating the shock front of a rocket or aerospace plane flying at hypersonic speeds while simultaneously distilling liquid chemical elements from the ambient air. The invention employs supercooling driven by the cryogenic power of liquid hydrogen and/or regenerative evaporation of liquid hydrogen and/or liquid nitrogen to drive isothermal compression and consequentially usurp the shock front in totality.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An aerospace plane flying hypersonically through the atmosphere comprising:
 a body;   a nosecone wherein are housed means to simultaneously usurp the shock front and distill a liquid chemical element from the ambient air; and   a rocket engine on a tail end.   
     
     
         2 . The aerospace plane of  claim 1  wherein the chemical element distilled from the ambient air is oxygen, nitrogen, or both. 
     
     
         3 . The aerospace plane of  claim 1  wherein said means are accomplished through a superconductivity process. 
     
     
         4 . The aerospace plane of  claim 3  wherein said superconductivity process comprises of:
 dissipating a heat of compression of an incipient shock wave at formation at an infinite rate, 
 isothermally compressing an incident air; and 
 causing liquefaction of a portion of the incident air. 
 
     
     
         5 . The aerospace plane of  claim 1  wherein said means are accomplished through a superemissivity process. 
     
     
         6 . The aerospace plane of  claim 5  wherein said superemissivity process comprises of:
 dissipating the heat of compression of the incipient shock wave at formation at an infinite rate, 
 isothermally compressing the incident air; and 
 causing liquefaction of a portion of the incident air. 
 
     
     
         7 . The aerospace plane of  claim 3  wherein the superconductivity process is driven by the expansion of tanked liquid hydrogen. 
     
     
         8 . The aerospace plane of  claim 3  wherein the superconductivity process is driven by the expansion of liquefacted oxygen. 
     
     
         9 . The aerospace plane of  claim 3  wherein the superconductivity process is driven by the expansion of liquid methane. 
     
     
         10 . The aerospace plane of  claim 3  wherein the superconductivity process is driven by the expansion of liquefacted nitrogen. 
     
     
         11 . The aerospace plane of  claim 5  wherein the superemissivity process is driven by the expansion of tanked liquid hydrogen. 
     
     
         12 . The aerospace plane of  claim 5  wherein the superemissivity process is driven by the expansion of liquefacted oxygen. 
     
     
         13 . The aerospace plane of  claim 5  wherein the superemissivity process is driven by the expansion of liquid methane. 
     
     
         14 . The aerospace plane of  claim 5  wherein the superemissivity process is driven by the expansion of liquefacted nitrogen.