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Oct 31, 2023 · All this knowledge may eventually become very important to humans when we finally begin to think about sending people to the moon and Mars for long stays or even permanent habitation.
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Feb 20, 2024 · Elon Musk's behemoth rocket could help humans become a space-faring species. by JoAnna Wendel. Updated: Feb. 20, 2024. Originally Published: May 29, 2020. Shutterstock.
Jan 15, 2009 · Is humanity a spacefaring race? This artist's concept depicts a lunar mining facility, just a few kilometers from the Apollo 17 Taurus Littrow landing site, that harvests oxygen from the resource ...
May 15, 2023 · T. The space station is dead. Long live the space station. In eight years, the International Space Station (ISS) – a bastion of global collaboration and human ability – will end. But that ...
being a spacefaring civilization is all about. It’s about believing in the future and thinking that the future will be better than the past. And I can’t think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars.” Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer, SpaceX BECOMING A MULTI-PLANET SPECIES
For a net power of 20kW at 1/3 efficiency, we need 60 kW of sunlight. At Earth, solar flux is 1.361 kW/m 2, so we need 44 m2. Since we are allowed 711,500 times this area, and solar flux falls as the inverse-square of distance, we can provide sufficient solar energy out to 843.5 AU, a surprisingly large distance.
