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Difficulties? I thought liquid, so just suck it up? And with "gas station" I meant ships coming by and fetching it, so there is your rocket :D Ok, thinking too
by throwbadubadu 3y ago
Difficulties? I thought liquid, so just suck it up? And with "gas station" I meant ships coming by and fetching it, so there is your rocket :D Ok, thinking too much the space trucker way, but isn't water much less of a fuel than hydrogen?
- c_crank 3y agoHydrogen only exists as a liquid at very uncomfortable pressures and temperatures. Water can be split into its separate components. It's much easier to gather water than it is liquid Hydrogen, and if one wanted to make a gas station, it would make sense to build it on an asteroid or a small moon where takeoff and landing uses little fuel. Not on a gas giant with triple digit escape velocity and a thick atmosphere asking for a massive heat shield.
- greenbit 3y agoLocation, location, location. Ceres, that's where you want to set up. Just enough gravity so you probably can't jump off it, lots of ice, a fair bit closer than Ganymede with easier take offs, convenient halfway between Mars and all those Jovian moons. Open 24/7 and sell the hot dogs at cost.