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No nation could build this lunar mass driver alone. Maybe same thing for a Dyson swarm. So, all those are international projects, if not completely planetary pr
by henearkr 6y ago
No nation could build this lunar mass driver alone. Maybe same thing for a Dyson swarm. So, all those are international projects, if not completely planetary projects. This reduces a lot risks of armed conflicts.
- DennisP 6y agoAccording to the National Space Society: > It is now believed that a lunar mass driver several kilometers long, designed conservatively with present technology, should be able to deliver 600,000 tons a year to L-5, or more easily to L-2, at a cost of about $1 per pound, assuming only ten years of operation. https://space.nss.org/l5-news-mass-driver-update/ https://space.nss.org/l5-news-mass-driver-update/ If SpaceX succeeds in dropping launch costs below $50/kg with Starship, this doesn't seem like it'd be all that expensive.
- henearkr 6y agoIn this case, doing it internationally is just an option that I hope will be taken... By the way most huge companies are already international in some sense, geographically or by employing many nationalities and origins. This also helps avoiding conflicts.