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According to the National Space Society: > It is now believed that a lunar mass driver several kilometers long, designed conservatively with present technology
by DennisP 7y ago
According 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 7y 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.