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Originally Posted by krashkart
Yes, all we need now are myomer bundles and neural control interfaces.  |
Don't want to make it too sophisticated else it try and teach its operators they don't need to be servants to Earth governance.
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Originally Posted by razark
But it still doesn't make a lot of sense to go there. Much better to build a semi-self sufficient outpost at Mars, then a high-maintenance one on the Moon. We can always go back to the moon later.
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The harshness of Luna can work for it as an outpost. Think solar collectors. What are they made of? Silicon. Lunar regolith contains lots of Silica that can be refined in to Silicon. So now that we got the mother of all solar farms on Luna what do we do?
We hook it to a laser...
... no it is not going to be my "Death Star".... (that comes latter...
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we shoot it as the rear end of spaceships to propel them! Either hitting solar sails allowing the photons of the laser to push them or hitting propellant on the spaceship burning it instead of using a (heavy) engine on the ship.
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And how soon until they build a lunar emplacement for it? Building a gun is one thing. Putting it on the Moon is another.
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Emplacement? Theoretical it could put it's self on the moon. Jon's law cuts both ways.
Stick a big metal rod in ground, stick the rail gun around it (like a ramrod in a musket) then fire the rail gun at an insane power level.
