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Actually, establishing any self sustaining space colony would do. No need to build it at the bottom of a gravity well.
by netman21 7y ago
Actually, establishing any self sustaining space colony would do. No need to build it at the bottom of a gravity well.
- WalterBright 7y agoLook at the difference in the size of rocket needed to lift two men to lunar orbit vs earth orbit. It's really not a big deal to blast off from the moon. Gravity has lots of advantages. For one thing, toilets work.
- netman21 7y agoGravity is easy to simulate with spin.
- WalterBright 7y agoThat's not so easy - the station has to be very large to do that, otherwise people get dizzy with coriolis effects. With a large station comes the problem of dropping something sharp/heavy and having it crash through the hull. A large station means every gram of material has to be boosted up out of some gravity well to it. Whereas on the moon, the idea is to use the material already there.
- netman21 7y agoI get all that. But keep in mind that nothing has ever been manufactured on the Moon. Nothing. I love the idea of using Lunar regolith to make stuff. But the first Moon bases will be shipped there. Just like the first space bases. Baby steps.