LughM to [email protected]English • 1 year agoNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1137
arrow-up1137external-linkNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comLughM to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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•1 year 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.