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The fuel cost means that almost all of us are destined to spend our lives here on earth. Only a handful will have the privilege of going up in a rocket.
by Synaesthesia 5y ago
The fuel cost means that almost all of us are destined to spend our lives here on earth. Only a handful will have the privilege of going up in a rocket.
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- ben_w 5y agoYes, but rockets aren’t the only way up. Musk’s million Martian metropolis is roughly where it starts to be worth thinking about developing Launch Loops and Orbital Rings. I can definitely believe China might give that a go. [0] https://m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop https://m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop [1] https://m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_ring https://m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_ring
- xtracto 5y agoI renember reading some Asimov writing where he mentioned that the earth is a very bad place to setup a launching base. He hypothesized that humans would create a launch base on the moon. And that with that gravity, something like magnetic launchpads could be used. That would be fantastic!