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Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.
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Source: xkcd.com/3197/
Let’s go with that first thing. It sounds like a complete waste
Meeting with the House Committee on Space…
This sounds like a workable plan, but the first stage of the shed needs to be built in Houston. Also the shed door is an issue, doors are traditionally handled at Goddard in Maryland.
But this proposal completely ignores my constituents from California, they will need to be included somehow! If you want this proposal to go through at all, find something for JPL and AMES to do.
A trebuchet, but made with modern materials.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
The 0 m orbit should be ideal, because it reduces rocket fuel expenses to zero.
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Using space elevator technology (metal structural beams and metal guy cables) I think we can get things up to 100m geosynchronous “orbit” pretty easily.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
If we utilize the Eifel technique, we can easily push it to 300 m.