Comments on: Lunar Space Station vs. Asteroid Mission https://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/lunar-space-station-vs-asteroid-mission Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: GaryChurch https://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/lunar-space-station-vs-asteroid-mission#comment-148135 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:01:17 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=4725#comment-148135 “What makes a lunar orbiting space station so valuable?”

A lunar space station would be, quite unlike the ISS, a spaceship waiting for an engine. And a spaceship is always the best space station.

]]> By: JohnHunt https://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/lunar-space-station-vs-asteroid-mission#comment-148079 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:15:35 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=4725#comment-148079 More details please.

Delta IV heavy to launch what? Metal cylinders or inflatables?

How would you get the necessary amount of shielding to a lunar orbiting space station?

What makes a lunar orbiting space station so valuable? What do you think of Gateway?

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