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BTW, the microwave beam does not significantly heat up the air. Also, there are orbits called sun synchronous orbit that are in constant sunlight. If anything, space solar panels would negligibly cool the Earth due to shade. @_Augustus_ can you add these terms to the OP?

But if the solar panels in orbit are producing equal electricity that current fossil fuels make, it will have less greenhouse gases.

was unmanned. Over the past decade alone, its gotten much safer. The shuttle program was arguably badly designed from the start.

@Flixxbeatz The op. Is he still on the forums?

Yay. Energy production itself does not significantly cause warming, its the byproducts that make the greenhouse effect. Solar panels in space don't make carbon. The masers won't be powerful enough to heat up the Earth. Clouds and nighttime Takes up too much space, and wind isn't constant Meltdowns

"Patch points from the cicular restricted model are iteratively corecxted into a continous, quasi-periodic halo orbit in a high-fidelity force model." I guess I now know why ksp used patched conics. greatly take away from it by eliminating need for fossil fuels. 1. Overall the plan was reasonable, and I agree that the internet is to the early century economy what space will be to the mid century economy. 2. The ITS(or BFR, whatever you want to call it) could do this much quicker and cheaper. 3. Solar power satellites are a very, very, great idea, except for the problems of space debris, and hijacking to hit people with masers 4. Its a good plan, but you can never plan anything 30 years in advance. SpaceX could do 100 people to the moon in 5 years.

Its happened before. And this mod is still relevant.

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Hes waiting for the window in the dome to turn directly above him so he doesn't hit the dome.

They don't want people to see that Falcon Heavy is less than 6 months away?

Thats not how transfers work. 8.5 months is the worst possible transfer. Without too much extra fuel, it could be reduced to 6 months, but past 4 months it grows exponentially. SpaceX has done its math. Zubrin says that is completely false.

Musk is sending 2 ships in advance. The ITS has a pretty large payload capacity, so it should be able to carry enough protection. It also has a storm shelter. The DSG will also have 4 astronauts.

A DSG won't expose 1000 people to radiation. Its the same ship. Yes, the new version is smaller, but the naming is a bit confusing.

No, because they can get back to Earth in a matter of hours, and they'd know they would run out of food or spares in advance. A conjunction class mission spends 500 days on the surface. In Mars orbit, 50% of radiation is blocked because half the sky is blocked by Mars. They've already reassigned many employees to work on that. IT Seems very practical.

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Most of it on Mars surface. Also, the ITS reduces transit times. Again, cosmonauts have been exposed to equal radiation. You could test nutrition on Earth for far less cost. The ITS would also enable higher masses of food. then just do ISS resupplies less often.

Actually, just a wetsuit would be enough.

Deep Space Transport

That is true, but that is due to zero gravity which is the same in lunar orbit as in LEO. But its the same risk as being in LEO for 6 months. We know they can survive 6 months in zero g, so they can survive a trip to Mars.

Technically, all of the mods would then break the EULA, but the devs themselves even promote some mods, so modding is definitely allowed.

There is an easter egg cave on tylo.