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See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12323365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12323365 for calculation of the incredible amount of energy that would re
by krallja 10y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12323365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12323365 for calculation of the incredible amount of energy that would require.
Remember that it took an entire Saturn V rocket to launch 3 people and a pair of tiny spacecraft to the Moon, which is relatively close. The ISS weighs 420Mg; the Apollo LM+CSM pair weighed about a tenth of that.
Landing it on the Moon would also not be possible, because that would require an engine capable of accelerating the ISS at approximately 1/6g.