From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 31-May-21 2:34 am, JF Mezei wrote:   
   > Was watching a documentary of when they discovered a monolith on the   
   > moon in the late 1990s.   
   >   
   > I a "moon bus" that travels at low altitude to span great distances   
   > possible?   
   >   
   > is the moon's gravity low enough that the fuel cost of "floating" above   
   > surface would not be that great?  (and allow greater horizontal speed   
   > and greater comfort than if traveling on wheels on ground)   
   >   
   > or would the only way to accomplish this to inrease horizontal velocity   
   > to near orbital speed at which point you're looking at cost of   
   > accelerating and decelerationg which would make travel between 2 points   
   > on Moon too expensive?   
   >   
      
   The moon bus never made sense to me, with suborbital transits seeming   
   more practical.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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