Posted on 03/02/2025 12:35:37 PM PST by ransomnote
I give up. You must be correct!
Well you are the only one that thinks refueling is not necessary for StartShip to reach the moon. So that makes you smarter than E. Musk and the entire team at SpaceX and NASA! Quite an accomplishment!!!
Yikes! No need to get nasty, FRiend.
We also have to get serious on the Equatorial Space Elevator. Recent developments in material science may make that possible far sooner than previously thought.
Eventual asteroid mining. A comet was recently landed upon and sampled so...
...a superior means of propulsion has to be developed to minimize the time those vast distances currently make impractical. All this is going to require more than the 30 years Elon's contemplating but should be pursued before mankind inevitably kills itself off or a massive catastrophe beats us to it.
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