[ExI] Why no space colonies or lunar bases? was Mooon.

[Stefano Vaj]

On 24 July 2011 18:14, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> What technology might Jupiterians be tempted to use? I mean, what
> technology would even work to escape that gravity well? I hadn't ever
> thought about the problem before... interesting to think about.
>

This has been brought to my mind by the recollection of a very old SF short
story, where a civilisation on a hi-grav planet in fact required nuclear
propulsion to climb their own gravity well.


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Stefano Vaj
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