Re:The Hibernators Guide to the Galaxy
by zabzonk on Sunday November 27, 2022 @05:26PM
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who supplies these stations?
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autonomous droid ships like the SpaceX capsule resupplying the ISS. You just modify the capsule so the hatch is the size of the container(s) inside like a cargo plane. The capsule docks, containers unload, capsule detaches and heads home. Next human ship docks, loads containers, detaches, continues mission.
seems simple enough
Re:The Hibernators Guide to the Galaxy
by karmicthreat on Sunday November 27, 2022 @06:53PM
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Except that seems risky as hell. Much better to have everything aboard ahead of time instead of hoping everything goes right with a en-route logistics chain.
I guess there will be plenty of takers to be the who, but the how is more of the engineering bit. I am guessing if interplanetary travel does become a thing, some kind of open space network will need to be present to facilitate travel.