Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 8:16 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Dave Taht via Starlink <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Everyone wants a water deluge system and flame diverter, but I was
>> > thinking perhaps liquid nitrogen, as a natural byproduct of LOX
>>
>> Yeah, but how do you put one on the moon or mars?
>> Lower gravity helps, sure, ...
> Well, the concrete did not shatter at 1/2 thrust...
Can the rocket get off the pad at 1/2 thrust? If it could get 4-5m away, it
probably could work.
>> > Landing and then taking off from the moon or mars look rather
>> > problematic at the moment!
>>
>> Do the rockets do the swoop and flip on mars and the moon?
> SSTO in those cases. Presently.
SS... To Orbit.
I mean... landing. Does one flip when landing on the moon?
>> This part I just don't understand.
>> (But then, the entire mars mission is fraught with dozens of missing
things,
>> starting with radiation shielding)
> I was a very lonely asteroid exploration advocate at the launch,
> futilely engaging with the "Mars Firsters" once again, as I have been
> since the 80s.
I am with you on this.
Given some mcguffin drive that could get us to another star in some
reasonable time, when we arrive, we'll still need to live in a space colony
for a few dozen years before said planet can be made habitable.
(Even if it was perfect, we still need to clear some land and grow some
crops, and find/build local source of power...)
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