-Z- wrote:
Delta-V to get from Earth surface to Low Earth Orbit is ~8,600 meters per
second.
Delta-V to get from Lunar surface to Lunar orbit is ~2,200 meters per second.
Perhaps GSO, L5 or Lunar orbit are fairer comparison than LEO. Earth
surface to Lunar orbit is 12.7 km/s, Lunar surface to Lunar orbit is
2.2 km/s. But still the message is climbing out of Lunar gravity well
is not cheap (about 1/6, how about that?).
Googles around... hah, look!
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/759/1
A bunch of non-government (but mainly US) scientists are proposing to
bypass the Moon and use Solar-Earth L2 point (SEL2) for a staging area
for deep space travel.
Coincidentally, Zeon is also located at L2 (of the Earth-Moon system). :)
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Dr. Core
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