Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 months agoNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkNASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible.arstechnica.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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.