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Re:Texas astronomers revive idea for 'Ultimately Large Teles... by travisoneill1 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:24PM (#25127492)
Doesn't really change anything because you are pretty much out of the Earth's gravity well by the time you get to the moon.
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Re:Texas astronomers revive idea for 'Ultimately Large Teles... by ben_w on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @04:35PM (#25130209)
Sure it does — you shuttle humans up to LEO at the current SpaceX Dragon cost, and instead of docking to the ISS they dock to the full-size replica of the Enterprise that an eccentric billionaire 3D printed out of Moon rock and filled with space-grown food, plants, and spandex costumes.
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