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2010-05-16
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Mm when the whole stack is ready to rumble it weighs 2,000,000 kg, the idea of getting all that weight off the ground boggles the mind.
Space ship one fully laden, weighs 3,600 kg.
So how much moon mined delta v would it take to accelerate SS1to escape velocity?
Obviously the moon tug will have to have expend some fuel, getting from the moon to earth orbit and slowing down to the speed of SS1 which would be 3,518 km/h, then accelerate the whole kit and caboodle, back up up to orbital velocity and beyond?
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2010-05-16
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2010-05-16
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The problem is we don't have the time, the human race is being overwhelmed by a tide of decadence and pollution, we urgently need a sane direction. When we were exploring the planet we had a direction. We know where everything is now and it gets increasingly boring.
The kids need a dream that is realizable, space will never be achieved, unless a far cheaper method of reaching orbital velocity and beyond is reached and soon.
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2010-05-16
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2010-05-16
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The problem is we don't have the time, the human race is being overwhelmed by a tide of decadence and pollution, we urgently need a sane direction.
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2010-05-16
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2010-05-16
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The shuttle has been cancelled, Atlantis is flying her last mission, so NASA disagrees with you that the shuttle is a viable concept, if it were viable, they would be building new shuttles.
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2010-05-16
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2010-05-16
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I am aware about the fact that bathroom tiles and ceramic tiles manufactured to spaceships thermal shields
Why do you think bathroom tiles and spaceship tiles have nothing in common, is it because you are god and must win every argument?
The space elevator is a great idea; its simple and it gets rid of the controlled explosion to get into space.