Re:NASA’s bet on Starship for the Moon
by Yizahi on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:59PM
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Exactly what do you plan to acquire/create outside of Earth, and from where to where do you plan to transfer it realistically? Except for fully autonomous human colonies which will mine stuff nearby and use, almost no transfer of resources in space makes sense, it is way too costly and there is no demand (even imaginary). Since there is no need for that, there is also no need for transfer stations (warehouses) anywhere, be it a planet orbit or Lagrange points.
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Propelant depots, those make all the difference.
They make sense for an individual mission. Bring up fuel and leave it in the parking orbit. But the optimal parking orbits are going to be different for different destinations, vehicles, and times.