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RE: Can we make enough breathable air in our future MARS colony? - Colonization of MARS Series
I love this and I think that very soon, we will probably have a colony in Mars but that can't be done until we have some presence on the moon to act as a launchpad to Mars.
As the moon is very close to Earth and minerals there can't help us build or fuel rockets, there is little the moon can do except for providing a low gravity test environment. We should have a base there, but the research options are limited.
Yeah, a launchpad on the Moon doesn't really make sense since it takes less energy to just send a rocket straight to Mars, than sending everything to the Moon first and then launching it. Only if we need serious ∆v but even then we can just send a rocket to orbit, refuel it in orbit and launch it where ever we need to.
Offtopic: You will grow quickly on steemit. You are already doing the right steps in creating your follower base! Cheers!
not sure everyone agrees with the moon launchpad, I like more the option of mining asteroids on our path there, or just use our current space stations.
That's an option, but I do wonder if it will cut some of the launch cost in the long run if we have a base on the moon or at least have some sort of orbital elevator so gravity won't be a problem. That being said, I'm no expert so it's just an opinion
I am quite certain there is a company Moon Express trying to achieve that, I guess they could use any support one can give to such a high mission.
It's impressing how they go about achieving the mission and ways of making it sustainable.
It would certainly be easier to deploy from the moon towards Mars than from Earth.