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A Moon base is too far; an asteroid ship better alternative:)
Okay shoot me down if you have to but I think that "Ahad" guy had a
neat idea and was on the right track with his "Celestial Titanic" ship: http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagen...arth-ring.html Just look at all these squillions of $$$ benefits: -Save billions of dollars in ferrying up parts from Earth to build the large-scale outer framework -Save thousands of man hours and hundreds of radiation-exposed astronaut spacewalks for station assembly -Asteroid surface offers strong commercial potential for mining precious minerals -Bulk of the project from in-situ excavation, transportation of asteroid to high Earth orbit and some initial mining, performed robotically. Human crews arrive near the end to "seal the entrance" and establish colony -Opportunity to experiment re-creating a "miniature Earth" with gravity, biosphere and self-sustaining ecosystem within a natural, rocky structure much like Earth's own crust -Logistically more attractive for easier access from the ground than either a base on the Moon or one established on Mars -First "truly promising", permanent off-Earth colony potential within decades! -Potentially a full-function transportation vessel for sailing the great interplanetary or even interstellar oceans of space... Why oh why do I want to go all the way to that grey thing, when there's more economical business to be done nearer home with the right rock from outer space? This is a smart idea - was a smart idea... still plain wishful thinking. Bounty |
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