Preparing lunar surface . . .

From: "victoriatangoman"
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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Preparing lunar surface . . .

[snikt]
> The one supposition in my proposal that I didn't clearly state was
> that I thought that a kinetic energy projectile would be cheaper
> than the engineering needed to optimize tower locations and connect
> them to the base with road and utilities. To avoid a lengthy journey
> every time you wanted to launch a payload. Such journeys on the moon
> wouldn't be as easy as they are on earth.
[snikt]

The cost of optimizing tower locations is nearly null. You just need a
topography map of the moon (and I think that fairly accurate maps do exist)
and a program that you may code in a day or two.

Lucio Coelho