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It can't possibly cost that much to calculate a trajectory and send a giant single-stage rocket, can it? If we remove the monolith erection requirement, I think
by presidentender 16y ago
It can't possibly cost that much to calculate a trajectory and send a giant single-stage rocket, can it? If we remove the monolith erection requirement, I think this gets much cheaper.
- mdolon 16y agoI'd guess that the cost is not just in the rocket itself, but rather the team, research, tests/trials, fuel and logistics of the entire operation. Getting to space is one thing, getting to the moon is an entirely different ball game.
- presidentender 16y agoMy thought is that we can piggyback on Nasa's earlier work on fuels, and since our goal is just to hit a big gravity well (not at a specific point) our mathematical model for trajectory just has to include the earth and the moon.
- wazoox 16y agoA single stage rocket can't possibly reach the moon. There's a reason why big rockets have 3 stages (actually more like 4 stages for the Saturn V).