LughMA to FuturologyEnglish • 23 days agoNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square35arrow-up1145arrow-down12
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comLughMA to FuturologyEnglish • 23 days agomessage-square35
minus-square@GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish3•23 days agoA Martian space elevator can be built with high tensile steel, and will be shorter than one on the moon. I like space elevators, but they work better on smaller bodies with higher rotation, i.e., low gravity and lower stationary orbits.
minus-squareHubertMannelinkfedilink2•22 days agoyeah but the moon is close and makes a faster easier testbed. I would actually like to have it followed up by a martian one.
A Martian space elevator can be built with high tensile steel, and will be shorter than one on the moon. I like space elevators, but they work better on smaller bodies with higher rotation, i.e., low gravity and lower stationary orbits.
yeah but the moon is close and makes a faster easier testbed. I would actually like to have it followed up by a martian one.