Recent content by Rednecknav

Getting to the moon I don’t see as a problem. Trump has already signed documents allowing for more funds to go to our space program. Also Space X is planning on orbiting the moon with two people by 2020.

Problem - we have to use large amounts of fuel/propellant to exit the Earth's atmosphere to enter Earth orbit, the moon or other planets... Solution - would it not make sense to launch from a base on the moon? Problems I see, potentially... 1) Is the moon’s orbit around Earth problematic for...

Thank you all for your responses so far. I’m enjoying the discussion thus far and look forward to more.

Thanks for the reply. Great sources of information for calculations.

How much energy needs to be be expended to throw a non operating satellite (or other space trash) out of orbit (L4 or L5) or L2 into deeper space... thus minimizing space debris in Earth orbit. I could only find formulas for getting an object INTO orbit... Background of question: we were...