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It will require even more fuel for one. But rockets are still risky, I wouldn't want to think of what happens if one of those explodes in the atmosphere. All o
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
It will require even more fuel for one.
But rockets are still risky, I wouldn't want to think of what happens if one of those explodes in the atmosphere. All off-planet storage options carry this risk.
- timbit42 5y agoWould it really require very much more fuel? Once you're headed in the right direction, you can just coast. Who cares if it takes months for the payload to get there?
- GekkePrutser 5y agoNo this is not how orbital mechanics work. You need to escape the earth's gravity completely to go to the sun. In order to go tot the moon you don't. The "Just point at it and keep going" doesn't work in an orbital system. Here's a nice delta-V map that explains it a bit more: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ktjfi/deltav_map_of_the_solar_system/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ktjfi/deltav_map_of...