Jeff Bezos Pledges to Expand His Space Ventures

Re:Jeff Bezos Pledges to Expand His Space Ventures by greesil on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:37AM (#17165593)

An even better launch platform is empty space (pick any Earth moon Lagrange point) where there is no delta V penalty.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Pledges to Expand His Space Ventures by icelancer on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:41AM (#17165612)

There is increased complexity when launching from empty space / manmade built platforms. There's also the potential for Project Orion to be launched from the moon, where this would probably not be acceptable from empty space.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Pledges to Expand His Space Ventures by akira2501 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:47AM (#17165636)

These orbits are unstable and require careful stationkeeping or a large orbital amplitude to maintain a semi-stable orbit.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Pledges to Expand His Space Ventures by greesil on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:20AM (#17176473)

L4 and L5?

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Re:Jeff Bezos Pledges to Expand His Space Ventures by s2g on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:40AM (#17165603)

But also no gravity which is problematic.

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