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Orbital vs. Suborbital Space Tourism – why are some space dreams so suboptimal?
- PaulHoule 7y agoI want to drive around the Moon at such a speed that I can keep ahead of its rotation and be in light the whole way.
- _Microft 7y agoThanks for the interesting idea! The numbers are not as exciting as one might expect: the Moon has a diameter of 3480km, therefore it has a circumference of 11000km that one would have to cover in 28 days. That's only 400km per Earth day, meaning an average of 16,6 km/h.
- PaulHoule 7y agoYou will probably want to sleep or take a break. I also don't know how far out of your way you may need to go to get around terrain. Some areas are fairly flat, but there could be mountains, canyons, and other structures that might take some effort to go around.