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dutch777

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13. Unless the moon is it's own economy and manufacturing base, have to get product back to earth at scale. The elevator...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 08:30 AM

Mar 2024

...is a great concept but not sure it can operate at a scale that would be of much use for moon mined raw material. Now if the moon becomes a colony that is the stepping off point for development and deeper exploration of space that makes more sense. The on the moon land transport be that a railroad of trucking seems to be the lesser of all the issues.

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DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop 'lunar raiload' concept [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2024 OP

I always hoped to see a space elevator JoseBalow Mar 2024 #1

Me, too! lastlib Mar 2024 #6

That title seems familiar, but I don't think I've read it JoseBalow Mar 2024 #7

Novel by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib Mar 2024 #9

Oh, that sounds pretty good! JoseBalow Mar 2024 #10

. lastlib Mar 2024 #11

Also "Web Between the Worlds" by Charles Sheffield, an astrophysicist. eppur_se_muova Mar 2024 #14

me too. that would literally change everything about space travel from the earth. nt Javaman Mar 2024 #12

We'll have railroads on the moon before the US ratifies the UDHR and the ERA. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #2

I imagine robots would be the labor of the future JoseBalow Mar 2024 #8

Our species... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #3

Never? CloudWatcher Mar 2024 #4

More likely than not. 2naSalit Mar 2024 #5

Never is a long time ._. Mar 2024 #15

Not my point, though... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #16

Unless the moon is it's own economy and manufacturing base, have to get product back to earth at scale. The elevator... dutch777 Mar 2024 #13