Re: Size of the proposed "new" space vehicle?


"tomcat" <jlavine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> IMO, the new CEV could be built in 5 years and on the moon in 6. Total
> cost should not exceed 10 billion dollars.
>
> The CEV, I am talking about, moreover, would dwarf any rocket or
> spaceplane every seen or envisioned. The astronauts would think they
> are in a hotel! It could drop off a permanent base camp consisting of
> multiple dwellings on the moon in a single VTOL landing.
>
> In short, my version of a CEV would get the job done -- for 10 billion
> dollars -- in 6 years.

Details?

> And, the moon would supply a never ending
> supply of clean energy to Earth from then on.

Energy from what?

Jeff
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