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9963885 No.9963885 [Reply] [Original]

Is there anyone left who thinks that the LOP-G moon space station is anything other than an expensive death trap? Every month this thing gets more expensive and more complex. And what happens if you're in this thing when a non-trivial solar flare erupts? You're fucking dead, that's what.

>> No.9963901

>>9963885
So it's a "hub" for travel to points beyond the moon. What's the point? Why stop at this shitty little station? There aren't any supplies there and you'll just spend more delta-v slowing down.

>> No.9963904

>>9963885
It's actually a much simpler and cheaper design than the ISS, being much smaller (75 tons vs 450 tons) and with many of it's components being either renovated modules that were originally designed for the ISS; or purely commercial elements like the Power and Propulsion Element, which is basically an electric propelled satellite on steroids. All in all I think the LOP-G will be assembled in a reasonable time if the modules are launched with commercial rockets, and that the true problem lies with actually getting the astronauts to the gateway.

>> No.9964131

>>9963901
>you'll just spend more delta-v slowing down.

This seems to be an issue -- I assume people involved who have spent more time thinking about it than I have understand this and have an answer. Anybody know what it is?

>> No.9965179

>>9964131
>I assume people involved who have spent more time thinking about it than I have understand this and have an answer. Anybody know what it is?
Yes, the answer is "tens of billions of dollars of constituent spending in Florida and the Gulf Coast"

>> No.9966304

>>9963885
Its either that or no human space flight at all. Take your pick.

>> No.9966315

>>9963901
>There aren't any supplies there
There's an entire moon, you could probably make good use of something down there.

>> No.9966353

>>9963885
it serves no purpose and is a total waste of money

>> No.9966360

>>9966353
Supporting the aerospace industry and nasa in these ages of tight budgets is something that "serves no purpose"?

>> No.9966506

>>9966304
I used to be for the Gateway station, but now it's getting out of hand and at this point I'd rather do Apollo-style missions where you just go straight to the Moon's surface instead of a space station.

>> No.9966514

>>9963885

Unless you have a real, real reason to return to the moon, is a waste money that should be invested on other fields or projects.

So why the USA or the rest of the world would need a moon base? To learn moon language?

>> No.9966557
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9966557

>>9966360

>in these ages of tight budgets

NASA budget is as high as ever, and certainly large enough for a moonbase

they literally do not deserve more money until they learn to use it in an efficient manner

we aint never going to colonize space if a rocket launch costs $ billion

>> No.9966577

>>9966506
>I used to be for the Gateway station, but now orange man is in charge so I hate it