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A moon base would make the probes mission a lot faster to develop and launch, in the long run.
by squarefoot 4y ago
A moon base would make the probes mission a lot faster to develop and launch, in the long run.
- dehrmann 4y agoHow so?
- squarefoot 4y agoBy assembling parts of the probes and launching from there for example. It would require a lot of time initially, that's why I specified in the long run.
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoThe hardest part in exploring our solar system is escaping Earth's gravity. Most of the fuel in our rockets and by extension, most of the rocket itself, exists to lift the actual spacecraft off the Earth. If you can manufacture it on the Moon, you need a lot less rocket.