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re: Proposed Moon Mission Offers Little Value at Astronomical Cost
Posted on 2/11/18 at 4:07 pm to PsychTiger
Posted on 2/11/18 at 4:07 pm to PsychTiger
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Your understanding of physics is sorely lacking. It takes a lot of fuel to create the inertia to escape the Earth’s gravitational pull. By launching from the moon you avoid that extra fuel expenditure and stress on the ship. This makes travel to more distant planets infinitely more possibly.
How does the fuel get to the moon for the launch?
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Posted on 2/11/18 at 4:10 pm to Chucktown_Badger
The fuel would come from ice on the moon. Split it into hydrogen and oxygen to power rockets. I’m not saying it is a cost effective approach because it’s not, but that’s where it would come from I believe. The complexity and weight of everything needed to start a mining operation for it is far more expensive than just launching from earth with extra fuel.
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