Re: Vision of the three Rs: Regular, Reliable and Reusable
- From: simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg)
- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:45:17 GMT
On 5 Mar 2007 22:22:53 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Totorkon"
<aertrion@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:
The parallel goal would be to establish demand, but that's another
subject.
The ISS is expected to weigh in at about 400 tons when complete, yet
no component is over 30 tons. Would it be possible to build a manned
base on the moon with payloads limited to under 20 tons?
Probably. In fact I suspect it could be done in five-ton increments,
as long as the cost per ton were low enough.
This would certainly keep an RLV busy for some time.
Yes, it would, but too many people have a heavy-lift fetish.
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