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I think Frank already mentioned this, but it did occur to me that building
cylcers on the asteroid and launching them from there would pretty much
solve all the problems, and retain all the benifits. Fuel costs would be
greatly reduced over either of the previous methods, and a large number of
cyclers could be churned out in a short peroid of time. In fact, because, as
Tango pointed out, most of the materials for propulsion and construction
will come form the body itself, a large space infrastructure shouldn't even
be needed.

An crew vehicle or two, routine and light supply missions, building whatever
else is needed on the rock, and, voila: A cycler factory in an orbit close
enough to what we need to reduce fuel. Sounds good, eh?

And I wish we'd stop saying concrete... I think that particular material has
been shot full of holes. Dirt and composites is all we need - makes it a
whole lot simpler from a construction and logistics viewpoint.

Val

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