Re:The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (2012)
by abecedarius on Friday June 29, 2018 @09:59PM
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Lots of solar power, too, and lightsails and magsails have more to work with.
(I was thinking of free-space skyhooks, exchanging momentum between inbound and outbound trips, but the ones for planets are also cool. Just harder when the planet is heavy like Earth and Venus.)
(I was thinking of free-space skyhooks, exchanging momentum between inbound and outbound trips, but the ones for planets are also cool. Just harder when the planet is heavy like Earth and Venus.)