On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 8:16 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave Taht via Starlink <[email protected]> wrote: > > Everyone wants a water deluge system and flame diverter, but I was > > thinking perhaps liquid nitrogen, as a natural byproduct of LOX > > Yeah, but how do you put one on the moon or mars? > Lower gravity helps, sure, ...
Well, the concrete did not shatter at 1/2 thrust... > > Landing and then taking off from the moon or mars look rather > > problematic at the moment! > > Do the rockets do the swoop and flip on mars and the moon? SSTO in those cases. Presently. > This part I just don't understand. > (But then, the entire mars mission is fraught with dozens of missing things, > starting with radiation shielding) I was a very lonely asteroid exploration advocate at the launch, futilely engaging with the "Mars Firsters" once again, as I have been since the 80s. * Gravity sucks. * NEO exploration requires less delta-v to get there and much less to go elsewhere or return. * You can use launch tethers to get off the class of "fast rotators", especially. > > -- > ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ > ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT architect [ > ] [email protected] http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails > [ > > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink -- AMA March 31: https://www.broadband.io/c/broadband-grant-events/dave-taht Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
