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Old December 5th 05, 05:44 PM posted to sci.space.tech
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Default Is an orbital refueling station feasible?

The exhaust velocity from the combustion if only 4 km/s. So you need to
burn twice the water you collect to break even. So no.

Even the much more better solar panel - electrodynamic tether -
rotating tether sat is impractical.