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> permanent orbital assembly Sorry not familiar with these plans - does this mean that we assemble a bigger rocket (by using earth based rockets) at ISS level
by systemvoltage 6y ago
> permanent orbital assembly
Sorry not familiar with these plans - does this mean that we assemble a bigger rocket (by using earth based rockets) at ISS level orbits and then relaunch to another planet?
- NortySpock 6y agoI assume this is going to be not too much more than "we dock several components together in Earth orbit, then fly the whole thing where we want it to go" In theory this would work for anything that is permanently in vacuum, such as the NASA Lunar Gateway (though it's currently planned for lunar-orbit operations only), or some future low-Earth orbit station such as Gateway Station[1] or some sort of Venus, Mars, or Ceres orbital habitat. [1] https://gatewayspaceport.com/the-gateway/ https://gatewayspaceport.com/the-gateway/