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Re:America has more new spaceships on the way by twic on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:11PM (#23382438)
Yes. But if you only wanted oxidiser, you could skip the awkward "capture a cometary nucleus" step by scooping air. Since oxygen is much heavier than hydrogen, this could save you a lot in mass launched from the Earth.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way by m4rtink on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:02PM (#23385584)
Also if you had enough power (solar or possibly nuclear) you could use the captured gases directly for slightly inefficient propulsion by heating them NERVA style or accelerating them by a modifiedion engine.

I remember some concepts for very low altitude satellites that compensate for drag by running a solar powered ion ramjet. :)