Re: When to stop refuelling
In reply to #4795 When to stop refuelling by Bruce Pihlamae
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- #4820 When to stop refuelling by Seth the Lesser
The top meter of Earth's Oceans has 3.6e13 tons of water, enough to
fuel a fleet of 160 Atlantis million-ton dreadnaughts (figuring they're
half fuel tank) on weekly trips for a thousand years. (That's tons mass,
so multiply by 14 to get displacement tons, I think - OK, 14,000 years.)
And there's plenty of meters under that one! Jupiter is much, much bigger.
Even a measly 10km ice comet will give you close to half a trillion
tons of hydrogen, enough to keep your 160 Atlantis fleet going for 60 years.
Or ask David Criswell or Grandfather about "Star Lifting." :-)
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Carl Rigney
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