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... comets . Catch Me a Comet We can get the water we need from a single comet of surprisingly small size . Comets are 60 % water by weight.450 Just one comet , with a radius of 18 kilometers , could provide all the water needed to ...
... comets . Catch Me a Comet We can get the water we need from a single comet of surprisingly small size . Comets are 60 % water by weight.450 Just one comet , with a radius of 18 kilometers , could provide all the water needed to ...
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... comet to reach the inner solar system , but the energy cost to send it on its way is relatively small . Using a mass driver to impart the required change in velocity would consume only about 6 % of the comet's mass as propellant.529 Comets ...
... comet to reach the inner solar system , but the energy cost to send it on its way is relatively small . Using a mass driver to impart the required change in velocity would consume only about 6 % of the comet's mass as propellant.529 Comets ...
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... Comets and Interstellar Travel , " JBIS , Vol . 36 , ( May , 1983 ) , p . 210 451 Lunan , p . 251 . 452 Fred L. Whipple , The Mystery of Comets ( Washington , 1985 ) , p . 74 . 453 " Mother of Short Comets , " Discover , ( February ...
... Comets and Interstellar Travel , " JBIS , Vol . 36 , ( May , 1983 ) , p . 210 451 Lunan , p . 251 . 452 Fred L. Whipple , The Mystery of Comets ( Washington , 1985 ) , p . 74 . 453 " Mother of Short Comets , " Discover , ( February ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 15 |
AQUARIUS Space Colony at Sea | 21 |
Malthusian Blues 22 Healing Gaia 25 CO2 Sponge | 28 |
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