LughM to [email protected]English • 5 months agoNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comLughM to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoA Martian space elevator can be built with high tensile steel, and will be shorter than one on the moon. I like space elevators, but they work better on smaller bodies with higher rotation, i.e., low gravity and lower stationary orbits.
minus-squareHubertMannelinkfedilink2•5 months agoyeah but the moon is close and makes a faster easier testbed. I would actually like to have it followed up by a martian one.
A Martian space elevator can be built with high tensile steel, and will be shorter than one on the moon. I like space elevators, but they work better on smaller bodies with higher rotation, i.e., low gravity and lower stationary orbits.
yeah but the moon is close and makes a faster easier testbed. I would actually like to have it followed up by a martian one.