A Suggested Program of Space Settlement]

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "Combs, Mike" wrote:
>> From: Ryan Healey [mailto:bestonnet_00@y...]
>>
>> Accelerating to dock with the cycler would require the same dV as
>>going there directly on the same path as the cycler.
>
> True, but the ship that changes your delta-V can mass much less
than the
> kind of ship needed to support your existence for the months-long
voyage
> both ways. That's the only advantage to the cycler concept.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs

I would add:

1. Much greater potential internal volume.
2. Availability of in situ resources. Which gives the "colonists"
something to do enroute, i.e. "improve" their "spaceship".
3. Unlimited time for those "improvements" to develop - greenhouses,
waste breakdown, etc.
4. Massive shielding.

Dan Steele