From: user2039@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
      
   > On 3/18/25 8:28 AM, E.Laureti wrote:   
   >   
   > >> So you're not wrong. But the proverbial "Quantum Leap" could be   
   > >> achieved with a larger, faster, more capable rover.   
   > >>   
   > >> We can build a vehicle that can cover 10 or 100 times the   
   > >> distance in a fraction of the time. And THAT is likely a far   
   > >> simpler and cheaper and safer than sending humans, AND it would   
   > >> be another step (more lessons) towards a really successful   
   > >> manned mission.   
   >   
   > > really i don't uderstand of what propulsion you speak.   
   > > It you want ... write here   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik   
   >   
   > There have been test flights already.   
   >   
   > It's a cruise missile with unlimited range. Launch in Antarctica,   
   > take out London or Beijing.   
   >   
   > If we eliminate the countless billions being laundered in the   
   > Ukraine, not to mention all the insane give-aways already uncovered   
   > by DOGE, we can afford even a manned mission!  I'm just saying that   
   > we could achieve a quantum leap in space exploration even without   
   > sending people -- and we can do it for a lot cheaper. PLUS, it   
   > doesn't exclude an eventual manned mission, it's laying the   
   > groundwork for a bigger & better manned mission!   
   >   
      
   Rockets on distances like Moon and Mars lose mass and pieces.   
   This a physics limit that forbid every colonization.   
   The fact is that since Apollo 11 ( about 55 years ago) we have no   
   manned oupost on  Moon.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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