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Where exactly would one put a space port on a seastead? The minimum safe distance for a launch at Kennedy is something like 2 miles. And launching anything in
by Czarnian 15y ago
Where exactly would one put a space port on a seastead? The minimum safe distance for a launch at Kennedy is something like 2 miles. And launching anything into space from a floating platform . . . let's just say that the basic laws of the universe are not on your side.
- yummyfajitas 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_(launch_platform) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Centre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglio_Space_Centre
- dredmorbius 15y agoA detachable or detached launch platform would be trivially feasible -- at least at the scale of triviality in which one envisions seasteads in the first place. We've been launching ballistic rockets from submerged platforms for ... oh, a half century or so now. Space launches for most intents.