Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
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Subject	Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
Date	2015-10-16 17:59 +0000
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
>> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-weight-detour-moon-route-mars.html
> 
> 
>> Launching humans to Mars may not require a full tank of gas: A new
>> MIT study suggests that a Martian mission may lighten its launch load
>> considerably by refueling on the moon.

All that would take is a huge investment in hauling a enormous amount
of crap to the Moon to somehow make fuel on the Moon and the tankers
to haul the fuel to the orbiting Mars vehicle.

It would be far simpler and cheaper to top up in Earth orbit with
fuel from the Earth.

-- 
Jim Pennino

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To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 18:11 -0500
  Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 23:25 +0000
  Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-14 20:39 -0500
    Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 19:49 -0700
      Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 05:07 -0700
        Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 07:56 -0500
          Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 06:32 -0700
            Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:18 -0700
          Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 10:02 -0700
            Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 10:27 -0700
              Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 11:34 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-15 13:47 -0500
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 12:02 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 12:21 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 03:48 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 07:32 -0400
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 07:20 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 05:46 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars "Smee Again" <invalid@example.com> - 2015-10-16 06:56 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 09:44 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 07:27 -0700
                Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 09:42 -0700
                "Life" is virtual, not real. john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 09:44 -0700
                Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-16 20:09 -0500
                "Life" is virtual, not real. HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 22:02 -0700
                Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 06:48 -0700
            Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-10-15 19:14 -0700
          Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-10-15 17:49 -0700
  Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars Raymond Yohros <bat@birdband.net> - 2015-10-15 15:52 -0700
  Re: To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-16 17:59 +0000

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