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Re: We're here to go
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Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:02:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Laswell wrote:

Yes, you'd have to transport everything to the Moon,

Um, no, you wouldn't. Not necessarily, anyway.

and yes, that would include launching "fuel-trucks" of some sort,

Again, no, it wouldn't. Not necessarily, anyway.

Read the rest of the thread before you start in on responding to the first post
in it, that's often a good approach in my view. Especially apropos here.



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(...) I posted that response over 8 hours ago, when there were no second-tier responses, but I didn't get around to authorizing it until just a little while ago (compare the date-time stamps if you don't believe me, which you probably won't). I (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Dollar cost of the total amount of fuel aside, it is more efficient. When you launch a rocket into space, it has to carry itself, its payload, its crew, and its fuel. Making a rocket that can manage that from an Earth-based launch site would (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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