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You can send 50 rockets individually to the moon to deposit fuel and use it as a refueling/relaunching point. 50x fuel can't go up with the passenger-laden craf
by icelancer 8y ago
You can send 50 rockets individually to the moon to deposit fuel and use it as a refueling/relaunching point. 50x fuel can't go up with the passenger-laden craft in the same way.
- bchallenor 8y agoYou can just refuel in Earth orbit though. That would use less fuel [1] than landing on the moon unless you were going to the moon anyway. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v_budget https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v_budget
- icelancer 8y agoTrue but storage is an issue and as I said in another comment, Project Orion-type endeavors become more palatable when launched from a stable orbiting rock rather than empty space or a manmade platform.