Tim
Creative Writer
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...t-and-ill-put-a-base-on-the-moon-says-newt.do
Lulz!
Seriously though, I talked to a NASA guy recently and asked about various plans I'd heard over time, in the form of:
Build moonbase with mining facilities
Use grav rail to launch ores to Earth orbit
Collect ores to build micro gravity factories producing new technology and ship building
(repeat with asteroid belt)
Build ships in orbit not needing to leave/enter gravity wells, to explore and colonise solar system
NASA guy said he'd heard nothing of any plans for this, although couldn't give me the entire history of anything discussed at NASA.
A permanent moonbase? Will it be symbolic or functional?
Lulz!
Seriously though, I talked to a NASA guy recently and asked about various plans I'd heard over time, in the form of:
Build moonbase with mining facilities
Use grav rail to launch ores to Earth orbit
Collect ores to build micro gravity factories producing new technology and ship building
(repeat with asteroid belt)
Build ships in orbit not needing to leave/enter gravity wells, to explore and colonise solar system
NASA guy said he'd heard nothing of any plans for this, although couldn't give me the entire history of anything discussed at NASA.
A permanent moonbase? Will it be symbolic or functional?