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Couldn't you send this equipment and a large power source separately into space and then outfit it to the shuttle containing the people? Once in space, isn't th
by lighthazard 14y ago
Couldn't you send this equipment and a large power source separately into space and then outfit it to the shuttle containing the people? Once in space, isn't the weight constraints a trivial issue?
- InclinedPlane 14y agoAnything you ship to Mars takes the place of something else you could have shipped to Mars, no matter how it gets there, so it needs to have a high utility. The other complication for an m2 radiation shield is that it would be slightly propulsive, which would slightly complicate planning trajectory planning (though not badly so).